Southmont and North Putnam are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Southmont Mounties will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the North Putnam Cougars at 12:30 p.m. Southmont will be strutting in after a win while North Putnam will be coming in after a loss.
Southmont is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over South Putnam.
Southmont had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 14-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-13.
Kendall Priebe was the offensive standout of the match as she had 17 digs.
Southmont 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 ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, North Putnam was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Edgewood, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-15, 25-21.
Southmont has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-12 record this season. As for North Putnam, their loss dropped their record down to 7-19.
Southmont was able to grind out a solid win over North Putnam in their previous matchup back in August, winning 3-1. Does Southmont have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Putnam turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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