After flying high against Milby on Wednesday, Galena Park came back down to earth. The Yellowjackets fell just short of the Spring Woods Tigers by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Yellowjackets were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Tigers earlier this season, when they won 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Galena Park sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 11-25, 25-8, 22-25, 15-13.
Naihlyn Perez paced Galena Park's offense, picking up ten kills. Perez really made an impact as she also led the team in assists with 17. Lily Lopez and Cailin Fountain kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with three aces apiece.
Spring Woods was led to victory by Jasmine Rodriguez and Adriana Castro. Rodriguez had 30 digs and four aces, while Castro had 21 digs and four aces. That's the most digs Rodriguez has posted over her last three matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Leah Navarrete, who had 19 digs.
Galena Park's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-12. As for Spring Woods, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-9.
Galena Park has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Waltrip on the 9th. As for Spring Woods, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Carnegie Vanguard on the 9th.
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