On Thursday, Shady Spring faced James Monroe in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Shady Spring Tigers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the James Monroe Mavericks. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Shady Spring wouldn't go down easily and took James Monroe into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-18, 15-12.
Alivia Stover paced Shady Spring's offense, picking up 15 kills. Stover got some help from
Reagan Mann and her 24 assists.
Baylee Richmond controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
When it comes to explaining why James Monroe lost, don't look at Haleigh Mann. Despite the final result, she had 12 digs.
Shady Spring has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 26-21-1 record this season. As for James Monroe, they moved to 37-6-3 with that loss, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.
Shady Spring will take on Morgantown at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. James Monroe does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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