The Bloomington North Cougars will square off against the Bloomington South Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Bloomington North's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Bloomington South has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Last Tuesday, Bloomington North narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Terre Haute North Vigo 3-2.
In the three sets Bloomington North was on fire: they won each by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-17, 26-28, 18-25, 15-5.
Avery Freeman went supernova for Bloomington North, getting 17 digs and five aces. With that strong performance, Freeman is now averaging an impressive 10.2 digs per game. Another player making a difference was Ava Moore, who had eight digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Bloomington North was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Bloomington South lost 3-0 to Franklin Community on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-13, 25-21.
Bloomington North now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Bloomington South, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Bloomington North's way against Bloomington South in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Bloomington North made off with a 3-0 win. Will Bloomington North repeat their success, or does Bloomington South have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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