If Machias was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Sumner on Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Calais Blue Devils by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Surprisingly, this marked the Bulldogs' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Machias started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 13-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-5.
Olivia Reynolds paced Machias' offense, picking up 12 kills. Reynolds got some help from Justina Smith and her 13 assists. Reynolds was also solid from the service line: she led the team with ten aces.
Machias now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Calais, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
Machias has already played their next match (against Jonesport-Beals), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Calais, they have also already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Sumner on the 12th.
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