Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Brookland walked away with it. Everything went their way against the Lonoke Jackrabbits on Monday as they made off with a 3-0 win. The Bearcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Jackrabbits, too.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-5, 25-15.

Ashlyn Ussery
| 10/20/25 vs Lonoke | 9 |
| 09/18/25 vs Trumann | 6 |
| 09/30/25 @ Highland | 5 |
| 09/29/25 @ Paragould | 5 |
| 10/03/24 vs Blytheville | 5 |
Brookland was led to victory by Ashlyn Ussery and Lexie Schuermann. Ussery had nine aces, while Schuermann had eight digs and two aces. Those nine aces gave Ussery a new career-high.
They weren't the only good servers: Brookland was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Brookland's victory ended a three-match drought at home and bumped them up to 18-13-1. As for Lonoke, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Brookland has already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Wynne on the 21st. Lonoke does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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