Volleyball Preview: Hartsville Red Foxes vs. Lakewood Gators
Hartsville has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Lakewood Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lakewood took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Hartsville, who comes in off a win.
While Hartsville didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Darlington on Tuesday.
Hartsville was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-7, 25-22, 25-15.
Hartsville's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Emmakate Hudson, who had four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Hudson a new career-high in aces.
Hartsville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 18.2.
Meanwhile, Lakewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They lost 3-0 to South Florence.
After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-12, 25-8.
Hartsville's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Hartsville was able to grind out a solid victory over Lakewood when the teams last played back in October of 2017, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hartsville 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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