On Saturday, Shady Spring faced Musselman in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Shady Spring Tigers fell 2-0 to the Musselman Applemen. The Tigers have struggled against the Applemen recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Shady Spring was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Musselman work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 28-26.
Rachel Mann paced Shady Spring's offense, picking up seven kills. Mann got some help from
Jenna Joyce and her seven assists. Finally,
Alessandra Fragile kept Shady Spring's defense grounded, leading the team with three blocks.
Leading Musselman to victory were Bianca Hutzler and Alycia Miller. Hutzler had four aces and 18 assists, while Miller had ten digs. That's the most aces Hutzler has posted since October 1st.
Shady Spring's loss dropped their record down to 26-23-1. As for Musselman, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 28-12.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Oak Glen the next time they take the court. Musselman will host Oak Glen at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, while Shady Spring will play them later in the day, at 11:00 a.m.
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