Volleyball Recap: Tippecanoe Valley Vikings vs. Northfield Norsemen
Tippecanoe Valley waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Northfield Norsemen , sneaking past 2-1. For the Vikings, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Norsemen walked away with the last time they faced one another back in August of 2023.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Tippecanoe Valley got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 15-12.
Northfield's loss came despite strong showings from Bella Myers and Brinlei Swihart. Myers had 13 digs, while Swihart had five digs, two aces, a kill, and a block. The dominant performance gave Swihart a new career-high in aces.
Tippecanoe Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Northfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-5.
Tippecanoe Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Knox on the 24th. Northfield has also already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Southwood on the 24th.
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