It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southington can now relate to. They fell just short of the Glastonbury Guardians by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Blue Knights of the 3-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture two weeks ago.
Southington took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Natalee Grindle paced Southington's offense, picking up 16 kills. Grindle got some help from
Laura Esguerra and her 40 assists. Esguerra was also solid from the service line: she led the team with four aces.
Southington's defeat dropped their record down to 34-3. As for Glastonbury, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 23-6-2.
Southington does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Glastonbury, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Darien at 6:00 p.m. Darien will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something Glastonbury surely won't give up without a fight.
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