Prairie Stars Show Resilience in Loss to Quincy

Illinois Springfield (7-16, 1-8 GLVC) lost to Quincy (17-8, 4-5 GLVC) 3-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Prairie Stars cut an 11-point third-set deficit to two before Quincy completed the match, winning 25-17, 26-24, 25-22. After falling behind 5-3, the Prairie Stars scored four straight points on Khadijah Blue’s serve, with back-to-back kills by Alyssa Gray , a block by Maddie Mendelblatt and Alexis Schwartz , and Blue’s ace moving Illinois Springfield ahead 7-5. Quincy responded with five straight points to turn a 9-7 Prairie Stars lead into a 12-9 deficit, and Illinois Springfield could not close the gap. Quincy scored…