It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Shady Spring can now relate to. They fell just short of the Hoover Huskies by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Shady Spring wouldn't go down easily and took Hoover into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-15, 25-27, 23-25, 15-12.
Rachel Mann paced Shady Spring's offense, picking up 19 kills. Mann got some help from
Reagan Mann and her 19 assists.
Alessandra Fragile controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Leading Hoover to victory were Braelyn Adkins and Lilli Lancaster. Adkins had 35 digs and three aces, while Lancaster had eight digs and three aces. With that strong performance, Adkins is now averaging an impressive 10.2 digs per game.
Shady Spring's defeat dropped their record down to 31-25-1. As for Hoover, they are on a roll lately: they've won 25 of their last 26 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 49-6-1 record this season.
Shady Spring does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hoover, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Bridgeport at 12:30 p.m. Bridgeport will roll in looking for their 12th straight victory, something Hoover surely won't give up without a fight.
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