It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Sprague can now relate to. They fell just short of the South Salem Saxons by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Olympians were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Saxons apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October.
Sprague actually scored more points across those five sets (108-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 12-25, 25-15, 16-25, 21-19.
Sprague's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-8-1. As for South Salem, they pushed their record up to 29-10-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Sprague wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-0 win against Westview on the 9th. South Salem has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against Oregon City on the 8th.
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