The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will challenge the Northwestern Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Mill will be strutting in after a victory while Northwestern will be coming in after a loss.
Fort Mill took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Rock Hill , sneaking past 3-2.
Fort Mill took Rock Hill into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 20-25, 15-12.
Claire Flowers had a dynamite game for Fort Mill, getting 31 digs and four aces.
Flowers wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Fort Mill was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Northwestern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Clover, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 23-25, 25-10, 25-11.
The win got Fort Mill back to even at 5-5. As for Northwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Everything went Fort Mill's way against Northwestern in their previous matchup back in August of 2022 as Fort Mill made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Fort Mill repeat their success, or does Northwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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