With a playoff game on the line, East rose to the challenge on Friday. They won by a set and slipped past the Star Valley Braves 3-2. The Thunderbirds have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Braves, too.
East was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (103-97), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-21, 11-25, 21-25, 15-13.
East is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-18 record this season. As for Star Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-23.
East didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Sheridan on the 9th. Star Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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