After flying high against Ridge View last Tuesday, Spring Valley came back down to earth. The Spring Valley Vikings took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Westwood Redhawks on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Redhawks: they've now lost four in a row.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16, 21-25, 25-20.
Spring Valley's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tamia Wilson, who had 23 digs and two aces. Wilson is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Newton, who had eight digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Spring Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Spring Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Westwood, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-6.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Lugoff-Elgin the next time they take the court. Westwood will head out to face Lugoff-Elgin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while Spring Valley will head out to face them at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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