Jenison faced Hudsonville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Wildcats took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. The shutout was out of character for the Wildcats seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-22.
Despite the defeat, Jenison saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Braelyn Barrenger had six digs and five assists.
Hudsonville was led to victory by Emmy Poll and Sofie Sanders. Poll had 13 digs and two aces, while Sanders had 23 assists and seven digs. What's more, Poll posted two assists, the most she's had over her last six matches.
Jenison's loss ended a six-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-3-1. As for Hudsonville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-6-1.
Coming up, Jenison will head out to face off against Mona Shores at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Hudsonville, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against Lowell on the 4th.
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