It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Liberty can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lafayette Lancers by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Jays in their matchups with the Lancers: they've now lost four in a row.
Liberty took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-27, 21-25, 25-17, 17-15.
Liberty's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ella Anderson, who had 31 digs. Anderson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Huyser, who had 18 digs.
Lafayette can attribute much of their success to Megan Muschick, who had 17 digs.
The defeat snapped Liberty's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 28-7 record. As for Lafayette, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 31-5.
Liberty didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Howell on the 7th. As for Lafayette, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Ozark on the 7th.
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