North Side has gone 9-1 against South Hills recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The North Side Steers' and the South Hills Scorpions will meet in a classic North v. South matchup at 6:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, North Side got the win against Polytechnic by a conclusive 3-0.
North Side never let Polytechnic on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-12, 25-15.
Nyla Ortiz and Bell Ibarra were among the main playmakers for North Side as the former had 12 digs and the latter had nine digs.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for South Hills, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They blew past Wyatt 3-0 on Tuesday. The contest marked the Scorpions' most dominant win of the season.
South Hills was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-10, 25-16.
Emily Hernandez had a dynamite game for South Hills, getting ten aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave Hernandez a new career-high in aces.
South Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
North Side's victory bumped their record up to 6-17. As for South Hills, their win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-28.
Everything went North Side's way against South Hills in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as North Side made off with a 3-0 victory. Will North Side repeat their success, or does South Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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