Spokane lost against Clever back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Spokane Owls fell just short of the Clever Blue Jays by a score of 3-2.
Spokane might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Clever: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 23-25, 28-26, 23-25, 18-16.
Spokane's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Makenna Gideon, who had 19 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Evans, who had 32 digs and a kill.
Sydney Bollenbach was nothing short of spectacular for Clever: she had 24 digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Bollenbach now had ten or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Spokane now has a losing record at 5-6-2. As for Clever, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
Spokane will square off against New Covenant Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Clever, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat vs. Logan-Rogersville on the 20th.
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