It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Fork can now relate to. They fell just short of the Legacy Lions by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lions 25-19 in the first set.
South Fork started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 15-25, 25-16, 25-23, 15-13.
Ryan Connelly paced South Fork's offense, picking up 19 kills. Connelly got some help from Layali Ibrahim and her 17 assists. Ibrahim was also solid from the service line: she led the team with four aces.
This is the second loss in a row for South Fork and nudges their season record down to 20-8. As for Legacy, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7.
South Fork does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Legacy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-1 victory against Innovation on the 25th.
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