Volleyball Recap: Knox Falls Despite Strong Effort from Sarah Fort

By Team Reports Sep 13, 2024, 9:55am

Volleyball Recap: Knox Redskins vs. Jimtown Jimmies

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Knox was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jimtown Jimmies. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Redskins of the 3-2 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September of 2014.

After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23.

Despite the loss, Knox still got an impressive performance from Sarah Fort, who had seven digs and four aces.

She wasn't the only good server: Knox was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive contests.

Knox's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Jimtown, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-8.

Coincidentally, both will both be playing Triton the next time they take the court. Knox will head out to face Triton at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Jimtown will head out to face them at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

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