Volleyball Preview: Pittsville Panthers vs. Auburndale Apaches
The Pittsville Panthers will take on the Auburndale Apaches at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pittsville is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Pittsville is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Tri-County just ended the team's 18-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Penguins. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Penguins recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Pittsville actually scored more points across those four sets (97-95), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-23, 26-24, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Auburndale earned a 3-1 victory over Athens on Tuesday.
Auburndale walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The final score came out to 25-18, 22-25, 25-16, 25-15.
Auburndale relied on the efforts of Kylie Anderson, who had 13 digs, and Jaylnn Scherr, who had seven digs, five aces, and a kill. The dominant performance gave Scherr a new career-high in aces.
Auburndale 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 five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Pittsville's loss dropped their record down to 25-6. As for Auburndale, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 17-13 record this season.
Pittsville was able to grind out a solid victory over Auburndale when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pittsville 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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