It’s been a season of trying to peak at the right time. In Casper on Friday, the Lady Braves broke through the proverbial wall.

“It’s been a long day of matches, but we’re obviously excited,” stated Head Coach Brandy Taylor. “Now we’re going to get ready for Kelly Walsh tomorrow morning.”

Things were a little bleak early on for the Lady Braves, who dropped their first match to Evanston in four games, 27-25, 22-25,17-25 and 21-25. The spikers rebounded to defeat the Rock Springs Lady Tigers in a grudge match, likewise in four games, 21-25, 25-21, 27-25 and 25-17. This loss ended the Tigers’ season.

In a do or die match with Green River, the Lady Braves knocked off the Lady Wolves in yet another four game contest, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18 and 25-14.

After playing very sporadic matches with both Sweetwater teams, the gals in gold came through in the clutch sending both teams home for the year.

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The Lady Braves ran into a buzzsaw early Saturday morning, losing in straight games to the top-ranked Lady Trojans.  In similar fashion, the Lady Red Devils were swept by Natrona, setting up a third/fourth match between the two rivals.  The Lady Braves defeated Evanston early in the season in tournament play.  Since then, Evanston has defeated the Lady Braves on three occasions in matches that went three, four and four games, including Friday morning.  The match is schedule to take place at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon.