BABSON PARK, Fla. – With tonight's win the Warner Royals have snapped a 7-game losing streak against their Sun-Conference and Crooked Lake rival the Webber International Warriors.
The Warriors winning streak stretched over 3 seasons (2016-2018), but came to a halt tonight, as the Royals won 3 consecutive sets to capture the win in this pivotal TSC match up.
Before tonight, the last Royals victory in this Crooked Lake rivalry was on Halloween in 2015, when Warner defeated Webber International 3 sets to 0. Warner won both matches played against the Warriors in 2015 by a total of 6 sets to 0.
This is the 5
th time in 7 games that
Alexandra Gonzalez has led the Royals in total kills; notching her season high tonight, 19. Gonzalez leads the Royals with 71 total kills this season.
The Royals now have an overall record of 3-4 and are 1-1 in Sun-Conference play.
In the 3
rd set, Warner trailed by 3 late, 19-16, but rallied and scored 5 out the last 6 points to win the match.
In the 4
th set Webber trailed 20-11 but scored 5 straight points to close the gap to 4, but were unable to complete the comeback and fell to the Royals 3-1 for their 5
th loss of the season.
Tonight's Match:
1st Set: (Warner – 17; WIU – 25)
2nd Set: (Warner – 25; WIU – 18)
3rd Set: (Warner – 25; WIU – 22)
4th Set: (Warner – 25; WIU – 20)
