Batesville is 10-0 against Franklin County since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Batesville has five straight wins, Franklin County has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Batesville will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Lawrenceburg, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Batesville walked away with a 3-1 victory over Lawrenceburg on Thursday.
Batesville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-20.
Anya Richey was a one-man wrecking crew for Batesville as she had 23 digs.
Batesville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Franklin County lost 3-0 to South Dearborn on Thursday.
Franklin County was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 25-22.
Batesville is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season. As for Franklin County, their loss dropped their record down to 5-25.
Batesville took their win against Franklin County in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Batesville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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