After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Tri-West Hendricks, Crawfordsville was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Fountain Central Mustangs with a sharp 3-0 victory. For the Athenians, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 loss the Mustangs walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Crawfordsville took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-13.
Crawfordsville got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Olivia Jett out in front who had six digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Jett a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Ratcliff, who had seven digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Crawfordsville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fountain Central only served an.
When it comes to explaining why Fountain Central lost, don't look at Rylee Simko. Despite the final result, she had ten digs. Simko is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Crawfordsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Fountain Central, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-15.
Crawfordsville will face off against Herron at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Herron is coming into the game with six straight victories on the road, so Crawfordsville will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Fountain Central, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Covington at 10:00 a.m. Fountain Central is facing Covington at the right time seeing as Covington is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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