It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Manteo can now relate to. They fell 3-1 to the Seaforth Hawks on Thursday. The Redskins' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Manteo 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 17-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-14.
Manteo's loss came despite strong showings from Easton Alexander and Mya Kelly. Alexander had 13 digs, while Kelly had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Kelly a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Manteo was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive games.
Leading Seaforth to victory were Mia Kellam and Ally Forbes. Kellam had 17 digs and three aces, while Forbes had 13 kills, 12 digs, and five aces. Forbes has been hot , having posted seven or more kills the last seven times she's played.
Manteo's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-5. As for Seaforth, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 25-4.
Manteo does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Seaforth, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-2 defeat against McMichael on the 2nd.
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