South Johnston has gone 10-0 against Smithfield-Selma recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The South Johnston Trojans' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Johnston is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering West Johnston just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Wildcats.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 25-18.
Even though they lost, South Johnston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma didn't have quite enough to beat C.B. Aycock on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Smithfield-Selma took a 2-0 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 18-25, 25-19, 27-25, 15-12.
South Johnston's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4. As for Smithfield-Selma, their defeat was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-10.
South Johnston took their victory against Smithfield-Selma when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Johnston since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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