It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Nelson had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the South Salem Saxons. The win made it back-to-back victories for Nelson.
Nelson had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-22.
Despite the defeat, South Salem saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Leah Ioane had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Ioane has posted in her last 14 contests.
Nelson is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season. As for South Salem, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 29-12-1.
As of now, neither Nelson nor South Salem have any future games scheduled.
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