It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Vandegrift had no problem doing just that on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Harlan Hawks out 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for the Vipers who have now won nine contests in a row.
Vandegrift had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-5.
Vandegrift can attribute much of their success to Adali Santos, who had nine digs and three aces. That's the most aces Santos has posted since back in October. The team also got some help courtesy of Jessie Hoang, who had ten digs.
When it comes to explaining why Harlan lost, don't look at Brooklyn Vigil. Despite the final result, she had nine digs.
Vandegrift has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a massive bump to their 33-14 record this season. As for Harlan, they moved to 40-6 with that loss, which also ended their 17-game winning streak.
Vandegrift has already played their next match, a 3-1 defeat against Stratford on the 19th. Harlan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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