After three games on the road, Franklin Community is heading back home. They will host the Columbus North Bull Dogs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, everything went Franklin Community's way against Beech Grove as Franklin Community made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Franklin Community took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-4, 25-8.
Franklin Community relied on the efforts of Kate Pinnick, who had four aces, and MacKenzie Waterman, who had four aces. Those four aces gave Waterman a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Franklin Community was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Columbus North waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Panthers.
Columbus North had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16.
Franklin Community's win bumped their record up to 23-3. As for Columbus North, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 16-14 record this season.
Franklin Community took their victory against Columbus North when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Franklin Community repeat their success, or does Columbus North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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