With a playoff win on the line, Port Charlotte rose to the challenge on Saturday. They won by a set and slipped past the St. Petersburg Green Devils 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Port Charlotte was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-19, 17-25, 16-25, 15-9.
Hanna Hall paced Port Charlotte's offense, picking up 19 kills. Hall got some help from Cora McGinnis and her 36 assists. Kaydence Torres controlled things from the service line, finishing with five aces.
Despite the loss, St. Petersburg still got an impressive performance from Maeve Overcast, who had 20 digs and two aces. Overcast has been hot, having posted ten or more digs the last five times she's played.
Port Charlotte's record is now 13-16. As for St. Petersburg, their defeat ended a four-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-6.
Coming up, Port Charlotte will venture away from home to square off against Braden River at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Petersburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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