The Windthorst Trojanettes’ bid for a repeat came to an end in the state-semifinals with a hard-fought loss to Crawford, 27-29, 24-26, 16-25, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland.

The Lady Pirates (43-7) used a balanced attack from four players using a mixture of spikes and dinks to build sizable leads before the Trojanettes (44-6) stormed back each set.