It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Hesston had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Trinity Academy Knights 2-1. For the Swathers, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 win the Knights walked away with the last time they faced one another on October 3rd.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Hesston who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 16-25, 30-28.
Kendal Brueggen paced Hesston's offense, picking up 24 kills. Brueggen got some help from
Aj Reiff and her 18 assists.
Cecil Williams controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Trinity Academy's loss came despite strong showings from Regan Allen and Kayden Mccurdy. Allen had nine digs, while Mccurdy had five digs.
Hesston has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-12 record this season. As for Trinity Academy, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 29-5.
Hesston has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat against Halstead on the 26th. Trinity Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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