After two games on the road, Hillsdale is heading back home. They will welcome the Rittman Indians at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Hillsdale will be strutting in after a victory while Rittman will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Hillsdale finally turned things around against Plymouth on Saturday. They blew past the Big Red 3-0.
A big factor in the win was Hillsdale's feisty defense: they held Plymouth to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-10.
Kennedy Fickes and Joslyn Fickes were among the main playmakers for Hillsdale as the former had 12 digs and two aces and the latter had six digs.
She wasn't the only good server: Hillsdale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Rittman was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Norwayne.
While Rittman was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Norwayne's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-11, 25-15.
Hillsdale's win bumped their record up to 10-7. As for Rittman, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
Everything went Hillsdale's way against Rittman when the teams last played back in September, as Hillsdale made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Hillsdale repeat their success, or does Rittman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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