The Northwest Vikings will face off against the Aurora Huskies on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Northwest will head out to face Aurora after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Northwest fell 3-1 to Waverly. Northwest has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwest took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-12, 22-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Northwest's loss came about despite a quality game from Jacey Knapp, who had 16 digs. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Knapp now had ten or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Aurora was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Minden.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12.
Northwest's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-6. As for Aurora, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
Everything went Northwest's way against Aurora when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Northwest made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest 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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