Straughn had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Pike County Bulldogs as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Tigers also won the last time the pair played back in September.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Straughn was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-4, 25-12.
Leading Straughn to victory were Chloe Jackson and Presley Melvin. Jackson had four aces and three digs, while Melvin had ten digs. The dominant performance gave Jackson a new career-high in aces.
Straughn was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive games.
Straughn is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Pike County, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Straughn has already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Red Level on the 7th. As for Pike County, they will challenge New Brockton at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pike County is facing New Brockton at the right time seeing as New Brockton is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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