Emerald won the last time they faced Southside, and things went their way on Monday too. The Emerald Vikings put the hurt on the Southside Tigers with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Emerald took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-5, 25-10.
Emerald's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Olivia Polatty led the charge by getting five aces. The dominant performance gave Polatty a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabelle Emily, who had four aces.
Emerald was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Emerald has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Southside, they are on a 14-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-18.
Emerald has already played their next contest, a 3-2 victory against Dreher on the 31st. Southside does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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