After three games on the road, Northridge is heading back home. They will host the Heath Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northridge will be strutting in after a victory while Heath will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, everything went Northridge's way against Zanesville as Northridge made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Northridge took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-12, 25-3.
Among those leading the charge was Maddie Mccarthy, who had four digs and four aces. Those four aces gave her a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Northridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Heath didn't have quite enough to beat Granville on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Heath actually scored more points across those five sets (107-104), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Northridge has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Heath, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Northridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Heath in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. Does Northridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heath turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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