On Saturday, Northside faced Bentonville West in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Northside Grizzlies fell just short of the Bentonville West Wolverines by a score of 2-1. The Grizzlies have struggled against the Wolverines recently, as their game on Saturday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Northside sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 23-25, 15-9.
Loss or not, Northside got some senior leadership from Azalea Scott and Paige Klein. Scott had 13 digs, while Klein had ten digs.
Leading Bentonville West to victory were Trinity Collette and Madeleine Koulavong. Collette had 15 digs, while Koulavong had eight digs and two aces. Collette has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
The defeat snapped Northside's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 15-8-2 record. As for Bentonville West, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-9.
Northside will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Har-Ber at 6:00 p.m. As for Bentonville West, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against Rogers Heritage on the 5th.
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