On Thursday, Saraland faced Spanish Fort in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Saraland Spartans skirted past the Spanish Fort Toros 2-1. Winning may never get old, but the Spartans sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Saraland had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-21, 19-17.
Despite the loss, Spanish Fort still got an impressive performance from Victoria Holley, who had 11 digs and three aces.
Saraland is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 32-4 record this season. As for Spanish Fort, their defeat ended a 23-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 47-8.
Saraland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Spanish Fort, they will square off against Northridge at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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