After flying high against Prairie Home on Monday, Smithton came back down to earth. The Tigers fell 3-1 to the Northwest Mustangs on Tuesday. The Tigers have struggled against the Mustangs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Smithton was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Northwest work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-11, 24-26, 25-17.
Aubree Huddleston paced Smithton's offense, picking up 17 kills. Huddleston got some help from Carolina Houston and her 23 assists.
Smithton's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Northwest, their win bumped their record up to 6-2-1.
Looking ahead, Smithton will square off against La Monte at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Northwest, they will head out to challenge Lincoln at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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