Straughn waltzed into their match on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Northside Methodist Academy Knights 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Tigers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Straughn had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-22, 16-14.
Straughn pushed their record up to 21-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Northside Methodist Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-7.
Straughn has already played their next matchup, a 2-1 win against Andalusia on the 12th. As for Northside Methodist Academy, they will venture away from home to take on Wicksburg at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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