Shiloh Christian unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Northside Grizzlies by a score of 3-2 on Monday. If the Saints were looking for revenge after losing 2-0 to the Grizzlies when the teams met back in September of 2018, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Shiloh Christian actually scored more points across those five sets (109-101), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 27-25, 14-25, 19-25, 16-14.
Despite the defeat, Shiloh Christian saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Kennedy Brown had 32 assists and three digs.
Leading Northside to victory were Eden Fields and Addie Follis. Fields had 16 digs and one assist, while Follis had ten digs and three assists. Those 16 digs gave Fields a new career-high.
Northside has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it.
Shiloh Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-1 victory against Rogers on the 26th. As for Northside, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Conway on the 26th.
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