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Holbrook’s volleyball team had most of the fall break off last week, but they did compete in the Gopher Get Down tournament held in Florence on Friday and Saturday. Holbrook faced nine different opponents in either pool play or bracket play over the course of the two days.
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On Friday the team picked up wins over Casa Grande, 2-1; Safford, 2-0, Flowing Wells, 2-0; and San Tan Foothills. Two losses on Friday were to Florence, 0-2; and Poston Butte, 0-2.
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On Saturday Holbrook went 1-2 in three matches played. They began the day with a 1-2 loss to Show Low. One hour later they bounced back with a 2-0 win over Payson. Holbrook’s final match of the tournament was a 1-2 loss to St. David early Saturday afternoon.
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Holbrook returns to regular season action for the final two weeks of the season. After hosting Winslow on Tuesday of this week, they will travel to take on fourth ranked Snowflake on Thursday. Next week the team closes out the regular season with a pair of home matches. On Oct. 29 they welcome in Blue Ridge, then on Oct. 1 they will host Show Low.
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Sitting at No. 14 in the rankings, Holbrook is hoping to finish inside the top 16 in order to host a play-in game for the state tournament. In order for that to happen they will need to win at least two of the final four matches and maybe more.
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If the Lady Roadrunners finish the season ranked 17th or lower they will have to travel for the play in match to the site of the higher seeded team.
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