Liberty extended their postseason success on Tuesday against Upper Merion Area. They had just enough and edged the Upper Merion Area Vikings out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Hurricanes, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (113-110) Liberty actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 28-26, 22-25, 27-25, 18-25, 15-12.
Liberty was led to victory by Ava Panik and Abigail Schessler. Panik had ten digs and two aces, while Schessler had 20 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Panik has posted since back in October.
Liberty 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 six aces in four consecutive contests.
Upper Merion Area's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Valeria Paneto, who had 20 digs, and Raven Albrecht, who had 19 digs, three kills, and 70 assists. Albrecht has been hot for a while, having posted 14 or more assists the last 56 times she's played.
Liberty has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 20-9-5 record this season. As for Upper Merion Area, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 23-7.
As of now, neither Liberty nor Upper Merion Area have any future games scheduled.
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