On Thursday, School Without Walls faced Sidwell Friends in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The School Without Walls Penguins fell just short of the Sidwell Friends Quakers by a score of 3-2. The Penguins have struggled against the Quakers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
School Without Walls took Sidwell Friends into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking 11-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-21, 25-18, 16-25, 15-4.
Despite the defeat, School Without Walls saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Eva Peres Da Camara had 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Peres Da Camara has posted in her last eight matchups.
Peres Da Camara wasn't the only good server: School Without Walls was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sidwell Friends only served 16.
School Without Walls' loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-6-1. As for Sidwell Friends, their win bumped their record up to 12-8.
School Without Walls does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Sidwell Friends, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Georgetown Day on the 8th.
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