Bradford- Austin and Bradford battled through five tightly contested sets before the Lady Panthers secured a hard-fought victory, 23-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-17, 15-9.
Austin rallied after dropping the opening set and answered each Bradford challenge. The Lady Panthers took the second set, 26-24, but Bradford edged ahead again with a 26-24 win in the third. Austin then took control, winning the final two sets to close out the match.
Anna Brewer led Austin with 36 assists, 17 digs and six aces. Cailyn Ogden recorded 22 kills, seven blocks and four aces, while Marissa Stuckey added 10 kills, six blocks and two aces. Mary Clinger contributed five kills, two blocks and 17 digs.
“I’m so proud of how these girls fought tonight,” the Austin coach Pam Terrette.
The Lady Panthers improve to 9-0 and travel to Otto on Wednesday. They will play their regularly scheduled match before finishing the suspended game from earlier this season.
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