After flying high against North Daviess on Monday, South Knox came back down to earth. The South Knox Spartans fell just short of the Loogootee Lions by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost nine in a row.
South Knox actually scored more points across those five sets (106-96), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 13-25, 16-14.
Despite the loss, South Knox still got an impressive performance from Megan Obermeyer, who had 24 digs and two aces.
Even though they lost, South Knox kept the net locked down and finished the game with 12 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least six blocks in five consecutive matches.
South Knox moved to 13-13 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Loogootee, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-8.
South Knox has already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Princeton on the 10th. As for Loogootee, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions challenges Evansville Reitz at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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