South Salem is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. Henry. The Saxons narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Crusaders 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Saxons have posted since November 8, 2024.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (59-57) South Salem actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-20, 16-14.
Briella Mathis paced South Salem's offense, picking up 11 kills. Mathis got some help from Kamree Orizotti and her 26 assists.
Despite the defeat, St. Henry saw an underclassman step up: freshman Kenadi Sieg had ten digs and three assists.
The victory made it two in a row for South Salem and bumps their season record up to 12-5. As for St. Henry, they dropped their record down to 17-9 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
South Salem didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 defeat against Hamilton on the 27th. As for St. Henry, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 2-0 loss against Chaparral on the 27th.
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