It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Oconee can now relate to. They fell just short of the Cartersville Hurricanes by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Titans' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
North Oconee actually scored more points across those five sets (107-106), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 15-12.
Despite the loss, North Oconee still got an impressive performance from Rylee White, who had 15 digs.
Even though they lost, North Oconee was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Leading Cartersville to victory were Mckenzie Wilkie and Riley Jarrett. Wilkie had 23 digs, while Jarrett had five digs and four aces.
North Oconee's loss dropped their record down to 33-15. As for Cartersville, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-11 record this season.
North Oconee does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cartersville, they will square off against Blessed Trinity at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Cartersville sitting on seven straight wins and Blessed Trinity on 13.
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