Chesterfield hasn't had much luck against Hartsville recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Chesterfield Golden Rams will square off against the Hartsville Red Foxes at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Chesterfield made easy work of Central and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Rams.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-19, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Hartsville waltzed into their game on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Knights. While the Red Foxes didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Hartsville was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-7, 25-11, 25-17.
Hartsville can attribute much of their success to Ava Wilcox, who had 11 digs and two aces. Wilcox is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Hartsville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 17.6.
Chesterfield now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Hartsville, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
Chesterfield might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Hartsville in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Chesterfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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