Volleyball Preview: Fairview Tigers vs. Northwestern Wildcats
Fairview has gone 6-0 against Northwestern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Fairview Tigers will challenge the Northwestern Wildcats at 7:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fairview has five straight victories, Northwestern has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Fairview will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating North East, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Fairview walked away with a 3-1 win over North East on Tuesday.
Fairview was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23.
Fairview was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Northwestern came up short against Union City on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Fairview's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5-1. As for Northwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Fairview's way against Northwestern when the teams last played last Monday, as Fairview made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fairview since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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