Hickman has gone 9-0 against Southern Boone recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Hickman Kewpies will stay at home for another game and welcome the Southern Boone Eagles at 7:30 p.m.
Last Saturday, Hickman didn't have quite enough to beat Battle and fell 2-1.
Hickman started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-17, 25-17.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Southern Boone sidestepped Savannah for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Southern Boone who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 20-25, 25-16.
Hickman's loss dropped their record down to 2-4-1. As for Southern Boone, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-1-1 record this season.
Hickman came out on top in a nail-biter against Southern Boone when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will Hickman repeat their success, or does Southern Boone have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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