The Douglas Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Blackstone-Millville Chargers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Douglas will be strutting in after a win while Blackstone-Millville will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Douglas finally turned things around against Sutton on Friday. They came out on top against the Sammies by a score of 3-1.
Douglas 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 18-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-23.
Douglas got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Taylor Smith out in front who had 16 kills and three aces. Smith is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Squier, who had seven kills, five aces, and three digs.
She wasn't the only good server: Douglas was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Blackstone-Millville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Burncoat by a score of 3-2. While the Chargers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Patriots 25-19 in the first set.
Blackstone-Millville took Burncoat into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking ten-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-13, 25-18, 20-25, 15-5.
Douglas' win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-7. As for Blackstone-Millville, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
Douglas beat Blackstone-Millville 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Douglas 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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