For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last three times Fort Scott and Girard have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Tigers fell 2-0 to the Trojans. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Trojans: they've now lost eight in a row.
Fort Scott was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-13.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Girard to victory, but perhaps none more so than Caroline Bradshaw, who had four digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Bradshaw a new career-high.
Fort Scott's defeat dropped their record down to 3-22-2. As for Girard, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 21-9.
Coming up, Fort Scott will head out to challenge Field Kindley on Tuesday. As for Girard, they will square off against McPherson at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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