Northside faced Bentonville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Grizzlies came up short against the Tigers, falling 3-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Tigers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in September.
While Northside ultimately came up short, they really made Bentonville work, particularly in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-17, 28-26.
Paisley Hogan paced Northside's offense, picking up 12 kills. Hogan got some help from Kamdyn Flemming and her 18 assists. Flemming was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Ady Bollinger was nothing short of spectacular for Bentonville: she had 23 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Bollinger has posted over her last seven matches.
Northside dropped their record down to 17-17 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Bentonville, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 25-2.
Coming up, Northside will face off against Rogers Heritage at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bentonville, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 2-1 win against Blue Valley on the 18th.
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