If Miller City was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Continental last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Miller City Wildcats fell just short of the Leipsic Vikings by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Miller City wouldn't go down easily and took Leipsic into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-19, 15-10.
Libby Erford and Payton Michel certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Erford had 25 digs and two aces, while Michel had 12 digs and two aces. Erford is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenna Warnimont, who had 13 digs and two aces.
Even though they lost, Miller City kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since the start of last season.
Miller City's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-4. As for Leipsic, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 20-1.
Miller City has already played their next matchup, a 3-2 victory against Liberty Center on the 10th. As for Leipsic, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Arlington on the 9th.
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