Salem is 0-10 against Hidden Valley since September of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Salem Spartans will challenge the Hidden Valley Titans at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Salem has nine wins dating back to last season, while Hidden Valley has 30 dating back to last season).
Salem will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Blacksburg, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Salem put the hurt on Blacksburg with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday. While the Spartans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-22, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Hidden Valley made easy work of Pulaski County on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Hidden Valley was: they took every set by at least 18 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-7, 25-6, 25-7.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hidden Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Maddi Carter, who had four aces and three digs. That's the most aces Carter has posted since back in September of 2023.
Hidden Valley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.4% of their attack attempts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're hitting percentage total in three consecutive contests.
Salem's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Hidden Valley, their record is now 12-0.
Salem suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Hidden Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Salem avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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