Westerville South was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to the Westerville North Warriors. The Wildcats were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Warriors apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played on September 3rd.
Westerville South started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 13-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-21.
When it comes to explaining why Westerville South lost, don't look at Yui Seki. Despite the final result, she had 16 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Seki a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Westerville South was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 8.2.
Westerville South's defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Westerville North, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-12.
Westerville South will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Hayes at 6:45 p.m. Westerville South is facing Hayes at the right time seeing as Hayes is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Westerville North, they will head out on the road to square off against Big Walnut at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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