It was a good run, but New Prairie unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Penn Kingsmen by a score of 3-2. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Cougars of the 2-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in August.
New Prairie actually scored more points across those five sets (107-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 20-25, 16-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Josie Woodham and Randi Robakowski certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Woodham had 20 digs, while Robakowski had nine digs.
Even though they lost, New Prairie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. This was only their second loss (out of seven games) when they serve at least ten aces.
New Prairie's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-10. As for Penn, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
New Prairie will head out to face off against La Porte at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. New Prairie is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses. After both having extra time off, Penn and Mishawaka will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Penn is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
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