It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Olathe West had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Shawnee Mission East Lancers. Winning may never get old, but the Owls sure are getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Olathe West took both sets by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-8.
Olathe West couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 52.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.4% earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 35.2%.
Olathe West is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 30-4 record this season. As for Shawnee Mission East, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-24.
Olathe West has already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Gardner-Edgerton on the 26th. Shawnee Mission East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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