After both having extra time off, the Southwestern Spartans and the South Decatur Cougars will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Southwestern came up short against Greenwood Christian Academy on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Spartans have struggled against the Cougars recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Southwestern was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-11, 25-23.
Meanwhile, South Decatur waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They blew past the Eagles 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-17.
South Decatur was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Southwestern's loss dropped their record down to 15-14. As for South Decatur, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season.
Southwestern suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to South Decatur when the teams last played back in September. Can Southwestern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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