Franklin lost against Slippery Rock back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Franklin Knights fell just short of the Slippery Rock Rockets by a score of 3-2. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Rockets recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Franklin started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-8.
Slippery Rock's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zoey Pankratz, who had four digs and 21 assists. Pankratz is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Plesakov, who had ten digs and two aces.
Franklin now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Slippery Rock, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-5-1.
Franklin will challenge Mercer at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Slippery Rock, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Grove City at 7:15 p.m. Slippery Rock is on a six-game streak of home wins, Grove City a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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