The Fairview Tigers will take on the Girard Yellowjackets at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fairview has three straight victories, Girard has 25 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Fairview will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Mercyhurst Prep, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Fairview narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Mercyhurst Prep 3-2.
Fairview took Mercyhurst Prep into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 16-25, 18-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Fairview to victory, but perhaps none more so than Madalyn Knight, who had 14 digs. Knight is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Girard lost 3-0 to Seneca on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 25-18, 25-16.
Fairview is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5-1 record this season. As for Girard, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Fairview was able to grind out a solid victory over Girard in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Fairview repeat their success, or does Girard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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