Aiken entered their tilt with North Augusta on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the North Augusta Yellow Jackets as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That three set margin sets a new team best for the Fighting Green Hornets this season.
Aiken didn't let North Augusta take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-23, 33-31.
Aiken was led to victory by Caroline Smith and Abigail Tyler. Smith had five digs and four aces, while Tyler had 20 kills, five digs, and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in aces.
Aiken was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matches.
Aiken is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for North Augusta, they dropped their record down to 4-6 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Aiken will venture away from home to take on Brookland-Cayce at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Aiken is facing Brookland-Cayce at the right time seeing as Brookland-Cayce is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for North Augusta, they will face off against South Aiken at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Aiken will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something North Augusta surely won't give up without a fight.
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