South Hills is 1-9 against North Side since September of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The South Hills Scorpions' and the North Side Steers will meet in a classic North v. South matchup at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
South Hills took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Wyatt as South Hills made off with a 3-0 victory. The matchup marked the Scorpions' most dominant win of the season.
South Hills walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-10, 25-16.
Emily Hernandez was nothing short of spectacular: she had ten aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
South Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, North Side got the win against Polytechnic on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
North Side never let Polytechnic on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-12, 25-15.
North Side can attribute much of their success to Nyla Ortiz, who had 12 digs, and Bell Ibarra, who had nine digs.
South Hills' win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-28. As for North Side, their victory bumped their record up to 6-17.
South Hills suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to North Side in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for South Hills, Lindsey Lopez (who had 26 digs) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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