Salt Fork has been on the road for four straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Paris Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Salt Fork will be strutting in after a win while Paris will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, Salt Fork sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Salt Fork who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 22-25, 26-24.
Salt Fork's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addison Williams led the charge by getting 25 digs, two kills, and two aces. Williams is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rain Pitlik, who had 13 kills, 12 digs, and three aces.
Meanwhile, Paris was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Riverton Parke, falling 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Tigers have suffered since October 9, 2023.
Paris was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-23, 25-18.
Salt Fork pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Paris, their loss dropped their record down to 7-15.
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