Austintown-Fitch waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Harding Raiders as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Falcons have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Raiders, too.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Austintown-Fitch was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-14, 25-7.
Isabella Direnzo went supernova for Austintown-Fitch, getting 20 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Direnzo has posted in her last seven contests.
Austintown-Fitch was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Harding only served three.
When it comes to explaining why Harding lost, don't look at Ava Greene. Despite the final result, she had 16 digs.
Austintown-Fitch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Harding, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16.
Austintown-Fitch has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Canfield at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Canfield is coming into the matchup with three straight wins on the road, so Austintown-Fitch will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Harding has already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against LaBrae on the 9th.
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