Columbus Fury keeps getting close but falls to defending champion Omaha Supernovas in a sweep

By Annie Walker

1 24 2025

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Fury (0-4) fell to the Omaha Supernovas (3-2) 3-0 (17-25, 15-25, 19-25) on Friday evening. Izabella Rapacz and Jill Gillen led the way for the Fury with nine points each. Rapacz had eight kills and seven digs while Gillen added six kills, five digs, and three aces. Stringer provided 24 assists and nine digs.

SET ONE

Omaha opened with a 4-1 lead before extending it to 11-3. The Fury scored three straight points to cut the lead to 11-6 and eventually 12-8. Both teams traded scoring runs before the Supernovas gained a 20-14 advantage. The visitors pushed on to a 25-17 set victory.

SET TWO

The second set started with an Omaha 6-1 lead hitting double digits at 10-4. Columbus scored three straight points to cut it to 10-7 but a four-point scoring run for the visitors made the comeback tough with the score at 7-14. Omaha eventually had a 17-8 lead and went on to win set two 15-25.

SET THREE

Columbus brought more fight into set three as they hung around with the reigning league champions. The Fury were only one to two points behind in the opening ten points and rallied back to tie the set at 9-9. The set tied again at 10-10 before Omaha scored four straight to make it 14-10. Despite Columbus’s best efforts to rally back, the Supernovas were too tough to beat and won the set 25-19.

The Columbus Fury return home to Nationwide Arena on Sunday, January 26 to face the Grand Rapids Rise (1-3] at 2 p.m. ET.

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