After both having extra time off, the Mooresville Pioneers and the Decatur Central Hawks will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Decatur Central took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Mooresville, who comes in off a win.
Mooresville is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since September 17th on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Monrovia as Mooresville made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pioneers.
Mooresville's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Monrovia between 18 and 21 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-18.
Mooresville relied on the efforts of Izzy Vanover, who had 12 digs and three aces, and Ashlyn Nielsen, who had eight digs. That's the most aces Vanover has posted in her last ten games.
Meanwhile, Decatur Central came up short against Speedway on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Hawks have struggled against the Sparkplugs recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Decatur Central started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-17.
Mooresville's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 16-12. As for Decatur Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-16.
Mooresville took their win against Decatur Central in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mooresville since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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