Mary Persons lost against Lamar County back in August, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Mary Persons Bulldogs fell just short of the Lamar County Trojans by a score of 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Mary Persons sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-13, 21-25, 15-3.
Despite the defeat, Mary Persons saw an underclassman step up: Addison Lynch had five digs and three aces. Those three aces set a new season-high mark for Lynch.
Mary Persons has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-19 record this season. As for Lamar County, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 19-4.
Mary Persons is on the road again on Friday to play Luella at 6:00 p.m. Lamar County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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