After flying high against Rolesville on Thursday, Millbrook came back down to earth. The Wildcats fell 3-1 to the Leesville Road Pride on Monday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Pride this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in August.
Millbrook started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-12, 26-24.
Caitlyn Axe paced Millbrook's offense, picking up 22 kills. Axe got some help from McKenna Sollars and her 27 assists. Axe and Sollars didn't slow down when it came to serving: they led the team with two apiece.
Hayden Perry was nothing short of spectacular for Leesville Road: she had 23 digs and four aces. Those 23 digs gave Perry a new career-high.
Millbrook's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Leesville Road, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Millbrook is set to challenge their familiar foe Broughton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Leesville Road will face off against rival Enloe at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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