It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Swansboro can now relate to. They lost 3-0 to the Union Pines Vikings on Thursday. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
While Swansboro was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Union Pines' winning margin in every set. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-15, 25-19.
Reese Hislop paced Swansboro's offense, picking up seven kills. Hislop got some help from Payton Hislop and her nine assists.
Allie Bauer had a dynamite game For Union Pines., getting eight digs and two aces. Bauer has been hot for a while, having also posted 12 or more assists the last 27 times she's played. Mylee Scruggs was another key player, getting ten digs and two aces.
Swansboro's defeat dropped their record down to 20-4. As for Union Pines, their win was their 13th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-2.
Swansboro does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Union Pines, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 loss against J.H. Rose on the 25th.
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