Southwood put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Northwestern Tigers as the Southwood Knights made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Southwood took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-9, 25-9.
Leading Southwood to victory were Presley Kroft and Adi Deaton. Kroft had seven digs and five aces, while Deaton had nine aces, five digs, and two kills. That's the most aces Kroft has posted in her last seven matches.
Southwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive games.
Southwood's win was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-0. As for Northwestern, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-11.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Southwood will venture away from home to challenge Lewis Cass at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southwood is facing Lewis Cass at the right time seeing as Lewis Cass is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Northwestern, they will head out to square off against Eastern at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Eastern will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Northwestern surely won't give up without a fight.
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