Volleyball Recap: East Duplin Panthers vs. Clinton Dark Horses
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Duplin had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Clinton Dark Horses 3-2. This was payback for the Panthers, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
East Duplin was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-15, 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.
East Duplin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive contests.
East Duplin has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Clinton, they moved to 16-6 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
East Duplin has already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Ayden - Grifton on the 24th. Clinton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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