After flying high against Halls on Thursday, Anderson County came back down to earth. The Mavericks fell just short of the Knoxville Central Bobcats by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Mavericks were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Bobcats apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2020.
While Anderson County ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 11 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-20, 17-25, 22-25, 15-11.
MacKenzie Wilkerson paced Anderson County's offense, picking up ten kills. Wilkerson got some help from Julia Owens and her 32 assists. Khloe Wilkerson controlled things from the service line, finishing with seven aces.
Zila Hardin had an outrageously good game for Knoxville Central as she had 14 digs and five aces. The dominant performance also gave Hardin a new career-high in assists (four).
Anderson County's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Knoxville Central, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Anderson County has already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Campbell County on the 4th. As for Knoxville Central, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-1 win against West on the 3rd.
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