New Philadelphia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lexington Minutemen. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Minutemen this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in August.
New Philadelphia started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-8.
Eberle Baker paced New Philadelphia's offense, picking up 13 kills. Baker got some help from Marisa Loader and her 15 assists. Baker was also solid from the service line: she led the team with four aces.
Lexington found their leader in freshman Sofi Brown, who had eight digs and three assists.
New Philadelphia's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Lexington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. New Philadelphia will challenge rival Mansfield Senior at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lexington is set to take on their familiar foe West Holmes at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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