Darlington came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with six straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Fennimore Golden Eagles by a score of 3-1. The Redbirds have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Golden Eagles, too.
Darlington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-20.
Darlington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 14 aces in four consecutive contests.
Darlington has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season. As for Fennimore, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-12.
Darlington has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Riverdale on the 10th. As for Fennimore, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Iowa-Grant on the 10th.
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