There's no place like home for Rock Hill, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Northwestern Trojans 3-2. For the Bearcats, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Trojans walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.
Rock Hill was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (111-107), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-23, 18-16.
Leading Rock Hill to victory were Meiya Grobusky and Ella Lesslie. Grobusky had 26 digs, while Lesslie had four aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Lesslie a new career-high in aces.
Rock Hill was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matchups.
Despite the loss, Northwestern still got an impressive performance from Izzy Zwirn, who had 13 digs and a kill. Zwirn is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Rock Hill now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Northwestern, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-15 record this season.
Rock Hill wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 2-0 victory against Crescent on the 12th. After both having extra time off, Northwestern and South Pointe will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on October 21st.
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