Sale Creek entered their tilt with Hardy Memorial on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Hardy Memorial Hawks with a sharp 3-0 win. The Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Hawks, too.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Sale Creek took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-7, 25-10.
Sale Creek's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaiden Watts led the charge by getting five aces and four kills. The dominant performance gave Watts a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Karma Higgins, who had three aces, two kills, and 17 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Sale Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Sale Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 34-7 record this season. As for Hardy Memorial, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.
As of now, neither Sale Creek nor Hardy Memorial have any future games scheduled.
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