There's no place like home for Hardin, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Laurel Locomotives on Saturday. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Locomotives: they've now won five in a row.
Hardin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-21.
Liberty Koyama paced Hardin's offense, picking up 13 kills. Koyama got some help from Lucy Baker and her 34 assists. Zarah Blacksmith controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Laurel's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bailey Bequette, who had 16 digs and two aces, and Brooklynn Eklund, who had ten kills and nine digs.
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| 09/27/25 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 11/08/24 - Away | 3-0 W |
| 10/26/24 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 10/18/24 - Home | 1-0 W |
| 09/24/24 - Away | 3-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Hardin now has a winning record of 10-9-1. As for Laurel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3-1.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Hardin is set to challenge their familiar foe Park at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Laurel will square off against rival East Helena at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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