Volleyball Preview: Fayette County Tigers vs. Winfield Pirates
Fayette County is 8-2 against Winfield since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Fayette County Tigers will square off against the Winfield Pirates at 4:30 p.m. Fayette County will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, Fayette County earned a 3-1 win over Hamilton.
Fayette County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-14, 25-17.
Fayette County can attribute much of their success to Kinley Owens, who had 17 digs, and Lainey Deavours, who had 12 digs, seven aces, and a kill. Those seven aces gave Deavours a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Fayette County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Winfield got the win against Oakman on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.
Winfield was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-11, 25-17.
Fayette County pushed their record up to 24-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Winfield, their record now sits at 11-8.
Fayette County was able to grind out a solid win over Winfield when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fayette County 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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