It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Westlake can now relate to. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Howland Tigers on Tuesday. The Demons' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
While Westlake ultimately came up short, they really made Howland work, particularly in the first set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20.
Westlake's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Molly Moore, who had ten digs and four aces, and Chloe Vig, who had 18 digs. The dominant performance gave Moore a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Westlake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive contests.
Westlake's defeat dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Howland, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Westlake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Howland, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against Archbishop Hoban on the 24th.
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