If Pleasant Valley was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Central DeWitt last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Spartans fell just short of the North Scott Lancers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Lancers: they've now lost three in a row.
Pleasant Valley actually scored more points across those five sets (112-87), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 9-25, 8-25, 29-27, 26-24, 15-11.
Isabelle Kremer paced Pleasant Valley's offense, picking up 28 kills. Kremer got some help from Mazie Sweers and her 51 assists. Clare Yeggy and Maren Ouellette kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with two aces apiece.
Pleasant Valley's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-3. As for North Scott, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
Coming up, Pleasant Valley will take on Davenport North in a tournament on Saturday. As for North Scott, they will venture away from home to take on Ankeny on Saturday.
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