It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Highlands can now relate to. They came up short against the Notre Dame Academy Pandas on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Bluebirds in their matchups with the Pandas: they've now lost six in a row.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-16, 25-12.
Sydney Schomaker paced Highlands' offense, picking up 11 kills. Schomaker got some help from
Ella Cox and her 11 assists.
Leading Notre Dame Academy to victory were Lizzy Larkins and Julia Grace. Larkins had seven digs and two aces, while Grace had 17 digs. That's the most aces Larkins has posted in her last nine games.
Highlands moved to 29-10 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Notre Dame Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 23 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 31-3 record this season.
Highlands does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Notre Dame Academy has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against St. Henry on the 30th.
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