It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Charlotte can now relate to. They fell just short of the Largo Packers by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Fightin' Tarpons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Packers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2018.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Charlotte lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 15-25, 15-13.
Haven Hickox paced Charlotte's offense, picking up 17 kills. Hickox got some help from Juliet Hurley and her 37 assists. Ragan Davis controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Largo had a senior duo take command as Riley Dietrich had 13 digs and Olivia Berdychowski had ten digs and two assists. Those 13 digs set a new season-high mark for Dietrich.
Charlotte's loss ended a three-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-4. As for Largo, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 21-3.
Charlotte does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Largo, they will head out on the road to face off against East Lake at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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