It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Jackson-Reed had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They put the hurt on the School Without Walls Penguins with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Tigers who have now won ten contests in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-17.
Jackson-Reed can attribute much of their success to Blake Gessert, who had 11 digs and two aces. Gessert has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Jackson-Reed was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Jackson-Reed is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. As for School Without Walls, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 25-5-1.
Jackson-Reed has already played their next matchup, a 3-1 victory against Georgetown Visitation Prep on the 7th. As for School Without Walls, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-2 defeat against Sidwell Friends on the 7th.
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