Columbus North is 0-10 against Franklin Community since October of 2016 but things could change on Thursday. The Columbus North Bull Dogs will head out to face off against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 7:30 p.m. Columbus North is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Columbus North will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Bloomington South, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Columbus North walked away with a 3-1 victory over Bloomington South on Tuesday.
Columbus North had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-18, 25-20, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Franklin Community made easy work of Beech Grove on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Grizzly Cubs.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Franklin Community was: they took every set by at least 17 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-4, 25-8.
Franklin Community can attribute much of their success to Kate Pinnick, who had four aces, and MacKenzie Waterman, who had four aces. The dominant performance gave Waterman a new career-high in aces.
Franklin Community couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 50% of their attack attempts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're hitting percentage total in three consecutive games.
Columbus North has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-14 record this season. As for Franklin Community, their record now sits at 23-3.
Columbus North might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Franklin Community when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Columbus North avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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