Effingham County came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Houston County Bears , sneaking past 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Rebels, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Effingham County who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 21-25, 15-13.
Effingham County can attribute much of their success to Bella Scroggs, who had six aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Scroggs a new career-high in aces.
Effingham County pushed their record up to 20-12 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Houston County, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-8.
Effingham County didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 win vs. Northside on the 17th. After both having extra time off, Houston County and Starr's Mill will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Houston County is facing Starr's Mill at the right time seeing as Starr's Mill is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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