It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Clearfield had no problem doing just that on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Springville Red Devils. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Clearfield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-19, 25-16.
Bailey Hoover paced Clearfield's offense, picking up ten kills. Hoover got some help from
Madison Yeager and her 31 assists. Hoover was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Clearfield is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-11 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to aces: they averaged an imposing zero aces in those games compared to only zero in the others. As for Springville, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-23.
Clearfield wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Spanish Fork on the 8th. Springville does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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