Portageville entered their tilt with Holcomb on Monday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Holcomb Hornets. The Bulldogs have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Hornets, too.
Portageville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-20, 25-12, 25-19.
Portageville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in six consecutive matchups.
Despite the loss, Holcomb still got an impressive performance from Emma Bader, who had 17 digs.
Portageville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-4-2 record this season. As for Holcomb, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-10-1.
Portageville has already played their next contest, a 3-0 loss against Saxony Lutheran on the 22nd. As for Holcomb, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 win against Malden on the 22nd.
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