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The Lady Roadrunners survived a back and forth home match with Payson on Sept. 30 outlasting the Longhorns in five games. Holbrook took the first game with relative ease, then dropped the second. Holbrook again won the third fairly easily but fell in the fourth 25-21 sending the match to the decisive fifth game. In the final game Payson moved on top early, only to have Holbrook come from behind.
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Late in the fifth game the Longhorns held a 12-11 lead but Holbrook fought back behind some strong team rallies and solid defense. Eventually Madison Chappell put Payson away with a strong kill shot giving Holbrook the 16-14 fifth game and overall match win.
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With the win Holbrook improved to 6-2 on the season. They entered that match ranked 12th in the freshly released 3A power point rankings. Payson came into the match ranked 22nd with a 4-5 season mark.
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