It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Brentwood had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Houston Mustangs out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (112-106) Brentwood actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 28-26, 21-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Daisy Oatsvall paced Brentwood's offense, picking up 33 kills. Oatsvall got some help from
Lauren Duncan and her 56 assists.
Despite the loss, Houston still got an impressive performance from Sydnee Carter, who had nine digs, eight kills, and five aces. That's the most aces Carter has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Lindsey Baker, who had 12 digs.
Brentwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 37-11 record this season. As for Houston, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 31-10.
Brentwood has already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Farragut on the 24th. Houston does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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