On Saturday, Bentonville West faced Northside in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Bentonville West Wolverines had just enough and edged the Northside Grizzlies out 2-1. Winning may never get old, but the Wolverines sure are getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Bentonville West who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 23-25, 15-9.
Bentonville West had a senior duo take command as Trinity Collette had 15 digs and Madeleine Koulavong had eight digs and two aces. Collette has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
Defeat or not, Northside got some senior leadership from Azalea Scott and Paige Klein. Scott had 13 digs, while Klein had ten digs.
Bentonville West is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Northside, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 15-8-2 record.
Bentonville West didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Rogers Heritage on the 5th. As for Northside, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Har-Ber at 6:00 p.m.
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