East Forest couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Youngsville Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Bears' loss continues a trend for the team, making it six in a row dating back to last season.
East Forest actually scored more points across those five sets (100-91), but sadly they still had to settle for second. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 13-25, 26-24, 12-25, 15-5.
Youngsville was led to victory by Riley Robinault and Madilynn Johnson. Robinault had 23 kills, 17 digs, and three aces, while Johnson had eight digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Marli Rectenwald, who had ten digs.
The victory snapped Youngsville's losing streak at 12 games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-6 record.
East Forest will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Karns City at 7:00 p.m. on October 1st. As for Youngsville, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 loss vs. North Clarion on the 16th.
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