Webb City is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Bentonville. The Webb City Cardinals fell just short of the Bentonville Tigers by a score of 3-2. The Cardinals' defeat signaled the end of their 13-game winning streak.
Webb City wouldn't go down easily and took Bentonville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-17, 19-25, 23-25, 15-10.
Despite the loss, Webb City still got an impressive performance from Jaeli Rutledge, who had 16 kills, nine digs, and seven blocks. Rutledge is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 44 games she's played dating back to last season.
Adalynn Bollinger was a one-man wrecking crew for Bentonville as she had 31 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Bollinger has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Elizabeth Dorey, who had three digs and three aces.
Webb City's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-4-1. As for Bentonville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Webb City has already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Grain Valley on the 5th. As for Bentonville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against St. Mary's-Colgan on the 5th.
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