Volleyball Preview: North Dickinson Nordics vs. Norway Knights
North Dickinson is 9-0 against Norway since August of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The North Dickinson Nordics will square off against the Norway Knights at 6:30 p.m. North Dickinson will be strutting in after a win while Norway will be coming in after a loss.
North Dickinson will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Bark River-Harris, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. North Dickinson had just enough and edged Bark River-Harris out 3-2 on Tuesday.
North Dickinson had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 15-12.
North Dickinson was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Norway was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Carney-Nadeau.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 25-12.
North Dickinson is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-16-1 record this season. As for Norway, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
North Dickinson took their victory against Norway in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Dickinson since the team 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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