It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Freedom can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans on Thursday. The Irish were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Spartans apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October.
Freedom was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Luxemburg-Casco work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 27-25, 17-25, 25-18.
Freedom's offense was headlined by
Avery Lang and
Eva Wall, who picked up 14 kills apiece. They got some help from
Lilli Big Eagle and her 36 assists. Lang and Big Eagle didn't slow down when it came to serving: they led the team with two apiece.
Freedom's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-10. As for Luxemburg-Casco, they pushed their record up to 28-12 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Freedom does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Luxemburg-Casco, they will take on Kewaskum at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kewaskum will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Luxemburg-Casco surely won't give up without a fight.
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