It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southside can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bentonville Tigers by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Mavericks were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Tigers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October.
Southside wouldn't go down easily and took Bentonville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-27, 22-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Lydia Pitts paced Southside's offense, picking up 26 kills. Pitts got some help from
Mileah Neal and her 39 assists.
Ella Mcentire controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Adalynn Bollinger had a dynamite game for Bentonville, getting 27 digs.
Southside moved to 29-6 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Bentonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-8 record this season.
Southside does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Bentonville has already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Conway on the 2nd.
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