North Salem is 1-9 against South Salem since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The North Salem Vikings will head out to face off against the South Salem Saxons at 6:30 p.m.
North Salem came up short against West Salem on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-7.
Meanwhile, South Salem had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Olympians by a score of 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 25-18.
South Salem found their leader in underclassman Leah Ioane, who had eight digs and two aces.
South Salem was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matchups.
North Salem's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for South Salem, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
North Salem might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from South Salem in their previous meeting on September 12th. Can North Salem avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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