Douglas is 9-0 against North since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Douglas Tigers will face off against the North Polar Bears at 6:30 p.m. Douglas will be strutting in after a win while North will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with four defeats 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' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Taylor Smith led the charge by getting 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. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Blackstone-Millville.
North couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Blackstone-Millville a tough time in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 30-28, 25-18.
Douglas' victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-7. As for North, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.
Douglas was able to grind out a solid win over North in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Douglas have another victory up their sleeve, or will North turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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