It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Anchorage can now relate to. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dimond Lynx on Friday. The Wolverines were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Lynx earlier this season, when they won 3-1.
South Anchorage was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Dimond work for it, especially in the third set. The final score came out to 25-15, 15-25, 26-24, 25-18.
Indy Kmet paced South Anchorage's offense, picking up 16 kills. Kmet got some help from Ellie Kleven and her 44 assists. Kmet was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Leading Dimond to victory were Elena Snow and Nia Cook. Snow had 15 digs, while Cook had 13 digs and nine kills. That's the most digs Cook has posted over her last seven matches.
South Anchorage's defeat ended an eight-match streak of away wins and brought them to 41-5-1. As for Dimond, their win bumped their record up to 35-14-1.
South Anchorage does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Dimond, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Service on the 14th.
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