Volleyball Game Preview: Kettle Run Cougars vs. New Kent Trojans

By Team Reports Nov 16, 2024, 3:13am

Volleyball Preview: Kettle Run Cougars vs. New Kent Trojans

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The Kettle Run Cougars's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the New Kent Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kettle Run will be strutting in after a victory while New Kent will be coming in after a loss.

Kettle Run is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Warren County 3-0.

Kettle Run walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-13.

Meanwhile, New Kent faced Grafton in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. New Kent fell just short of Grafton by a score of 3-2. The Trojans' defeat signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.

New Kent took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 15-9.

Even though they lost, New Kent was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 16 consecutive matchups.

New Kent's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-3. As for Kettle Run, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home.

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