On Wednesday, Belmont faced Tishomingo County in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Belmont Cardinals came out on top against the Tishomingo County Braves by a score of 3-1. Winning may never get old, but the Cardinals sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Belmont was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20.
Belmont was led to victory by Carsen Bohannon and Jacey Deaton. Bohannon had seven digs and three aces, while Deaton had eight digs and three aces. Bohannon has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Bella Smith, who had seven digs.
Belmont 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 nine aces in five consecutive matchups.
Belmont is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season. As for Tishomingo County, the loss snapped their winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 15-5-3 record.
Belmont will be playing in front of their home fans against Booneville at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Tishomingo County, they will challenge Biggersville at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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