Sumter County hasn't had much luck against Columbus recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Sumter County Panthers will head out to challenge the Columbus Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sumter County comes in on five and Columbus on three.
Last Tuesday, Sumter County narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Spencer 3-2.
Sumter County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 22-25, 25-12, 27-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Columbus made easy work of Carver on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Columbus was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-6.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Columbus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Audrey Burgamy, who had 17 digs and two aces. Burgamy is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Columbus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Sumter County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Columbus, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-20.
Sumter County came up short against Columbus in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Sumter County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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