North Lincoln hasn't had much luck against Hickory recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The North Lincoln Knights will be playing at home against the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with North Lincoln sitting on three straight victories and Hickory on four.
North Lincoln will bounce into Monday's match after beating East Lincoln, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went North Lincoln's way against East Lincoln on Thursday as North Lincoln made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-15, 25-18.
Taylor Lusk was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had three digs and 17 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.
North Lincoln was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hickory made easy work of Statesville on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Hickory was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-10, 25-14.
North Lincoln has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Hickory, they pushed their record up to 16-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
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