After both having extra time off, the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets and the South Aiken Thoroughbreds will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Aiken sitting on seven straight victories and South Aiken on four.
Last Wednesday, Aiken earned a 3-1 win over Gilbert.
Aiken had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23.
Aiken can attribute much of their success to Caroline Smith, who had 15 digs.
Meanwhile, South Aiken got the win against Midland Valley on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
South Aiken was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-12, 25-18.
Aiken pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for South Aiken, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season.
Aiken beat South Aiken 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Aiken since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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