Volleyball Preview: Rosewood Eagles vs. Southern Wayne Saints
Rosewood has gone 7-0 against Southern Wayne recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Rosewood Eagles will face off against the Southern Wayne Saints at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rosewood has three straight wins, Southern Wayne has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Rosewood will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Neuse Charter, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Rosewood was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Neuse Charter on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-22, 25-13.
Rosewood's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Averi Cuddeback, who had eight digs and two aces. Cuddeback is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Khiry Reese, who had 18 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Rosewood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 16.6.
Meanwhile, Southern Wayne lost 3-0 to C.B. Aycock on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-19, 25-16.
Rosewood is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Southern Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Rosewood beat Southern Wayne 3-1 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rosewood 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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