North Augusta entered their match against South Aiken on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The North Augusta Yellow Jackets fell just short of the South Aiken Thoroughbreds by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Yellow Jackets in their matchups with the Thoroughbreds: they've now lost six in a row.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, North Augusta sadly wound up on the wrong side. After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 18-25, 29-27, 14-25, 15-7.
Even though they lost, North Augusta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 10.2.
North Augusta's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for South Aiken, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.
North Augusta will take on Blacksburg on Saturday. North Augusta is facing Blacksburg at the right time seeing as Blacksburg is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for South Aiken, their road trip will continue as they head out to face North Myrtle Beach at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. North Myrtle Beach will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something South Aiken surely won't give up without a fight.
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