Northridge hasn't had much luck against Watkins Memorial recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Northridge Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Watkins Memorial Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Northridge is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Northridge sidestepped Utica for a 3-2 victory.
Northridge was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least nine points. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-14, 25-14, 22-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Watkins Memorial beat Zanesville 3-1 on Tuesday.
In the three sets Watkins Memorial was on fire: they won each by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-9, 21-25, 25-8.
Watkins Memorial had a senior duo take command as Sami Speakman had nine digs and two aces and Michelle Downs had four aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Downs a new career-high in aces.
Watkins Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Northridge is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Watkins Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 6-9.
Northridge beat Watkins Memorial 3-1 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Will Northridge repeat their success, or does Watkins Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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