After having lost a blowout in their previous game against West Johnston, Smithfield-Selma was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They came out on top against the Southern Wayne Saints by a score of 3-1. The Spartans have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Saints, too.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 23-25, 25-23.
Rose Eklund was her usual excellent self, getting 23 kills and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Dezirey Clark, who had four aces, a kill, and 14 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Smithfield-Selma was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Mylee Wiggs and Taylor Lee certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Wiggs had 17 digs, eight kills, and two aces, while Lee had nine digs and 19 assists. Lee is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last eight games she's played.
Smithfield-Selma's record now sits at 5-13. As for Southern Wayne, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-16.
Smithfield-Selma has already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat against C.B. Aycock on the 8th. As for Southern Wayne, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Goldsboro on the 7th.
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