Atchison won the last time they faced Highland Park, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Atchison Phoenix had just enough and edged the Highland Park Scots out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Phoenix.
Atchison had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-20, 15-11.
Highland Park's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Sincere Cooper, who had 15 digs, two blocks, and two blocks, and Evelyn Cortez, who had 16 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Cooper a new career-high in blocks.
Atchison's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Highland Park, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5-1 record this season.
Atchison didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat vs. Jefferson County North on the 21st. As for Highland Park, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Atchison at 7:00 p.m. on October 15th.
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