Charleston is 1-9 against Hackett since August of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Charleston Tigers will face off against the Hackett Hornets at 7:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Charleston came up short against Providence Academy and fell 3-1. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Providence Academy scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Hackett put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over South Side.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hackett was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-10, 25-7.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hackett to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lilly Oxford, who had nine aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenzie Freeman, who had eight kills and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Hackett 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 five aces in 11 consecutive games.
Charleston's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-8. As for Hackett, their victory was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-0.
Charleston might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Hackett in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Charleston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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