Northeastern and Hagerstown are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Northeastern Knights are on the road again on Thursday to play the Hagerstown Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, Northeastern came up short against Lawrenceburg and fell 2-0. The Knights have struggled against the Tigers recently, as their game on Saturday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Hagerstown sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Centerville on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Hagerstown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 15-25, 19-25, 25-11, 25-19, 15-13.
Hagerstown's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Halle Pruitt, who had 18 digs, and Nora King, who had 12 digs.
Northeastern's defeat dropped their record down to 13-15. As for Hagerstown, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-8.
Northeastern was able to grind out a solid victory over Hagerstown in their previous meeting last Saturday, winning 3-1. Will Northeastern repeat their success, or does Hagerstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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