North lost against Emporia back in September of 2019, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The North RedHawks took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Emporia Spartans. The RedHawks haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
North was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-20.
Emporia can attribute much of their success to Sadie L. Rethman, who had seven digs, four kills, and a block.
North's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 28-8. As for Emporia, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-12 record this season.
North does not have any more games scheduled as of now. After both having extra time off, Emporia and Maize South will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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