With a playoff game on the line, South Decatur rose to the challenge on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the North Decatur Chargers 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Cougars sure are getting used to it with their tenth in a row.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-90) South Decatur actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-16, 9-25, 14-25, 25-22, 17-15.
When it comes to explaining why North Decatur lost, don't look at Hannah Gorrell. Despite the final result, she had 27 digs and two aces.
South Decatur is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-4 record this season. As for North Decatur, they moved to 16-12 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
South Decatur has already played their next matchup, a 3-1 win against Morristown on the 19th. North Decatur does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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