The West Florence Knights and the Spring Valley Vikings are set to duel on Thursday. Spring Valley took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on West Florence, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, West Florence made easy work of Ridge View and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While West Florence won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-15.
West Florence's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lexi Rogers, who had four digs and three aces, and Addison Pusser, who had four digs. The dominant performance gave Rogers a new career-high in aces.
West Florence kept the net locked down and finished the game with 38 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least 24 blocks in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Spring Valley suffered their biggest defeat since September 5th on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Lugoff-Elgin. Considering the last time the Vikings couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-22, 26-24.
West Florence's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-8. As for Spring Valley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-16 record this season.
West Florence came up short against Spring Valley in their previous meeting back in August of 2019, falling 2-0. Can West Florence avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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