Princeton came so, so close to knocking off El Paso-Gridley in the Class 2A Fieldcrest Regional semifinals.

The Tigresses held two game points in the first set and led 13-7 in the second before EPG rallied for a 27-25, 25-21 victory. EPG took the regional championship over Eureka and went on to place fourth in the Class 2A State tournament, leaving the Tigresses a feeling of what could have been.

Veteran coach Andy Puck, who enters his 24th season at the Tigresses helm, said he hasn’t brought that moment to this year’s team, but will when needed.

“I’ll save that for may be times when we’re down. ‘Hey this is a fourth-place team at state that we really pushed last year,’” he said. “Truth be told, we probably played them better than anybody postseason. Couple points go here or there and

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