The Rock Hill Bearcats will challenge the Northwestern Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rock Hill is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Nation Ford, who was ranked 20th at the time (Rock Hill was ranked 25th). The Bearcats walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Falcons on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bearcats.
Rock Hill was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 22-25, 25-18, 25-20.
Rock Hill found their leader in sophomore Crew Morgan, who had 12 digs.
Meanwhile, Northwestern was able to grind out a solid win over Fort Mill on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
Northwestern walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-15, 11-25, 25-22.
Rock Hill's win bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Northwestern, the victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 3-10.
Everything went Rock Hill's way against Northwestern when the teams last played back in September, as Rock Hill made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Bearcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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