Volleyball Recap: Shawnee Triumphant Thanks to a Strong Effort from Maggie Jordan

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 1:07pm

Volleyball Recap: Shawnee Indians vs. Memorial Roughriders

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Shawnee entered their tilt with Memorial on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Memorial Roughriders. That's more bragging rights for the Indians, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Shawnee was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18, 15-10.

Maggie Jordan was nothing short of spectacular: she had 13 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.

Shawnee was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.

Shawnee is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Memorial, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-13.

Shawnee didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 win vs. Versailles on the 28th. Memorial has also already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Parkway on the 30th.

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