On Thursday, Hillsboro faced Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Hillsboro Burros fell 3-1 to the Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg Patriots. The Burros haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
While Hillsboro ultimately came up short, they really made Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg work, particularly in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 22-25, 27-25, 25-23.
Carsi Hatlestad paced Hillsboro's offense, picking up 12 kills. Hatlestad got some help from
Megan Ensign and her 42 assists.
Kailee Kittleson and
Abigail Anderson kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with three aces apiece.
Hillsboro's loss dropped their record down to 21-9-3. As for Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg, they pushed their record up to 17-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
As of now, neither Hillsboro nor Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg have any future games scheduled.
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