With a playoff game on the line, Foard rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Franklin Panthers 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (98-95) Foard actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-23, 14-25, 25-18, 15-7.
Foard is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-15 record this season. As for Franklin, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-4.
Foard will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Oak Grove at 6:00 p.m. Oak Grove is coming into the matchup with nine straight victories at home, so Foard will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Franklin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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