After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Conotton Valley, Newcomerstown was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Malvern Hornets 3-2. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Trojans as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Newcomerstown was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (100-96), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 17-25, 25-21, 14-25, 15-10.
Despite the defeat, Malvern had strong showings from Zoe Sikorsky, who had 13 digs and three aces, and Addy Mitchell, who had 11 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Sikorsky a new career-high in aces.
Newcomerstown's win bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Malvern, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-9.
Newcomerstown will take on Strasburg-Franklin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Malvern, they will face off against Leetonia at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Malvern is facing Leetonia at the right time seeing as Leetonia is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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