Hiawatha was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of the Royal Valley Panthers by a score of 2-1. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Red Hawks of the 2-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September.
Hiawatha started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Hiawatha still got an impressive performance from Quinn Boye, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Boye a new career-high in aces.
Hiawatha's loss dropped their record down to 14-21. As for Royal Valley, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-7.
Hiawatha will challenge Perry-Lecompton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Royal Valley, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Linn on the 12th.
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