It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pine Forest can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Wake Forest Cougars on Tuesday. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pine Forest actually scored more points across those four sets (89-87), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-21, 12-25, 25-22.
Despite the loss, Pine Forest saw an underclassman step up: Hayden Lake had 13 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Lake has posted since back in October of 2023.
Pine Forest's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-10. As for Wake Forest, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 14-10.
Pine Forest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Wake Forest, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Pinecrest on the 24th.
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