Volleyball Recap: Salt Fork picks up eighth straight win on the road

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 1:21pm

Volleyball Recap: Salt Fork Storm vs. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons

Salt Fork won the last time they faced Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, and things went their way on Monday too. The Salt Fork Storm had just enough and edged the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons out 2-1.

It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Salt Fork got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 22-25, 26-24.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Salt Fork to victory, but perhaps none more so than Addison Williams, who had 25 digs, two kills, and two aces. Williams is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rain Pitlik, who had 13 kills, 12 digs, and three aces.

Salt Fork pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-6 record this season.

Salt Fork will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Paris at 7:00 p.m. Salt Fork is facing Paris at the right time seeing as Paris is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they will welcome Ridgeview at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley will also cruise into their next matchup with the timing on their side: Ridgeview will have lost four straight heading into Tuesday's match.

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