It’s hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lake Highlands can now relate to. They fell just short of the Plano East Panthers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. Unfortunately, that’s the second time they’ve come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 2-1 back in August.
Lake Highlands took Plano East into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-13, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12.
Carrigan Anderly
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Lake Highlands’ defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Carrigan Anderly, who had 34 assists and 19 digs. Anderly has been hot for a while, having posted 14 or more assists the last 16 times she’s played. Another player making a difference was Brylie Woodbury, who had 25 digs and three assists.
Leading Plano East to victory were Dakota Huynh and Addison Tucker. Huynh had 34 digs and seven assists, while Tucker had 13 digs and two assists. That’s the most assists Huynh has posted since back in October.
Lake Highlands’ loss dropped their record down to 28-9. As for Plano East, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 30-10.
Lake Highlands does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Plano East, they didn’t take long to hit the court again: they’ve already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Eastlake on the 7th.
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