After both having extra time off, the Highland Hornets and the North Vikings will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Highland has six straight victories, North has 19 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, everything went Highland's way against Aurora as Highland made off with a 3-0 win.
While Highland won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-16, 25-17.
Among those leading the charge was Carley Niese, who had 19 digs.
Meanwhile, North came up short against Ellet on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-21.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for North, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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