On Saturday, Baptist Prep faced Southside in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Baptist Prep Eagles narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Southside Mavericks 2-1. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Mavericks, too.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (63-57) Baptist Prep actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 15-25, 27-25, 15-13.
Baptist Prep was led to victory by Rachel Jackson and Kayla Midkiff. Jackson had nine digs and two aces, while Midkiff had seven digs.
Baptist Prep has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6-1 record this season. As for Southside, they moved to 21-4 with that defeat, which also ended their 12-game winning streak.
Baptist Prep has already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Jonesboro on the 12th. As for Southside, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 win against Russellville on the 12th.
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