After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Clover, Fort Mill was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Rock Hill Bearcats out 3-2. This was payback for the Yellow Jackets, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Fort Mill took Rock Hill into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 20-25, 15-12.
Claire Flowers had a dynamite game for Fort Mill, getting 31 digs and four aces.
Flowers wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Fort Mill was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Rock Hill's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Meiya Grobusky, who had 23 digs, and Ella Lesslie, who had four digs and 21 assists. With that strong performance, Lesslie is now averaging an impressive 9 assists per game.
The victory got Fort Mill back to even at 5-5. As for Rock Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Fort Mill will welcome Northwestern at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Mill is facing Northwestern at the right time seeing as Northwestern is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Rock Hill, they will host Nation Ford at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rock Hill will be looking to keep their 12-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
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