Aiken suffered their biggest loss since September 18th on Thursday. They came up short against the South Aiken Thoroughbreds, falling 3-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Thoroughbreds this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-1 back in September.
Aiken 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 25-22, 25-18, 25-14.
South Aiken found their leader in sophomore Kendall Doolittle, who had 18 digs and two aces. Those 18 digs set a new season-high mark for Doolittle.
This is the second loss in a row for Aiken and nudges their season record down to 17-16. As for South Aiken, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 22-10 record this season.
Aiken has already played their next matchup (against Gilbert), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. South Aiken also has no score uploaded for their next match, this one against South Florence.
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