After both having extra time off, the Hillcrest Huskies and the Jordan Beetdiggers will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hillcrest will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Stansbury, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Hillcrest walked away with a 3-1 win over Stansbury on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
Hillcrest 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 19-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21.
Jane Thomas and Imani Flores were among the main playmakers for Hillcrest as the former had five digs and two aces and the latter had six digs.
They weren't the only good server: Hillcrest was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Jordan posted their biggest victory since September 26, 2023 on Thursday. They blew past Park City 3-0.
One reason for the win was Jordan's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-15, 25-9.
Hillcrest pushed their record up to 18-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Jordan, their victory bumped their record up to 7-17.
Everything went Hillcrest's way against Jordan when the teams last played back in September, as Hillcrest made off with a 3-0 win. Does Hillcrest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jordan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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