After flying high against Riverside on Tuesday, Milton-Union came back down to earth. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Lehman Catholic Cavaliers by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Cavaliers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in August.
Milton-Union started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 18-25, 25-17, 25-16, 15-3.
Michaela Firks paced Milton-Union's offense, picking up 18 kills. Firks got some help from Marley Reed and her 18 assists. Finally, Sophie Layman kept Milton-Union's defense grounded, leading the team with three blocks.
Milton-Union's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-7. As for Lehman Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Milton-Union will be playing in front of their home fans against Troy Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Lehman Catholic, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Marion Local on the 20th.
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