On Tuesday, Shady Spring faced Greenbrier East in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Shady Spring Tigers fell just short of the Greenbrier East Spartans by a score of 2-1. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Spartans apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Shady Spring sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 15-13.
When it comes to explaining why Shady Spring lost, don't look at Kenidi Creager. Despite the final result, she had 11 digs. Creager is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Greenbrier East can attribute much of their success to Hailey Ervin, who had 14 digs.
Shady Spring's defeat dropped their record down to 24-21-1. As for Greenbrier East, they pushed their record up to 30-14-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Princeton the next time they take the court. Shady Spring will head out to face Princeton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while Greenbrier East will play them later in the day, at 6:00 p.m.
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