Hillgrove had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Allatoona Buccaneers. That's more bragging rights for the Hawks, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Hillgrove had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-14.
Lanie Wall had an outrageously good game as she had five digs and two aces.
Despite the loss, Allatoona still got an impressive performance from Sammi Hasbrook, who had ten digs.
Hillgrove has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-10 record this season. As for Allatoona, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 23-10.
After both having extra time off, Hillgrove and North Forsyth will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on October 1st. North Forsyth is coming into the game with ten straight losses at home, meaning Hillgrove will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. As for Allatoona, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Union Grove at 6:30 p.m. on October 1st.
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