Volleyball Recap: Skyline Finds Home Court Redemption Against South Barber

There's no place like home for Skyline, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the South Barber Chieftains 2-1 on Saturday. This was a revenge game for the Thunderbirds: when they faced off against the Chieftains on Tuesday, they had to take a 2-1 defeat.

Skyline had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-16.

Player #6

Serving Aces (Career)

10/11/25 vs South Barber	3
10/07/25 vs Stafford	1
09/09/25 @ Central Christian	1
09/06/25 vs Bucklin	1
09/06/25 vs Sterling	1

Skyline can attribute much of their success to Player #6, who had nine digs and three aces. Those three aces gave Player #6 a new career-high.

Player #6 wasn't the only good servers: Skyline was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

The win made it two in a row for Skyline and bumps their season record up to 6-20. As for South Barber, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last nine matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 12-13 record this season.

Skyline wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Cunningham on the 11th. As for South Barber, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Fairfield on the 11th.