The Smith County Owls are on the road again on Thursday to play the Sale Creek Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
Smith County lost 3-0 to East Robertson on Tuesday. The Owls haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Sale Creek came tearing into Tuesday's match with nine straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Eagles out 3-2.
Sale Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-22, 21-19.
Sale Creek's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Karma Higgins, who had 17 digs, six kills, and a block, and Enslee Norwood, who had 21 kills, 17 digs, and a block. Higgins has been hot recently, having also posted 12 or more assists the last 17 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Eisa Eilertson, who had 23 kills and two blocks.
She was just one part of a dominant defense: Sale Creek kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since the start of last season.
Smith County's defeat dropped their record down to 18-16. As for Sale Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 38-7 record this season.
Smith County came up short against Sale Creek in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Smith County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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