Volleyball Preview: Lake Norman Wildcats vs. Watauga Pioneers
Lake Norman has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Watauga Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lake Norman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Alexander Central with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lake Norman was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-10, 25-10.
Meanwhile, everything went Watauga's way against Mooresville on Tuesday as Watauga made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pioneers.
Watauga was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-14.
Caroline Childers was nothing short of spectacular: she had 18 digs and seven aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Watauga was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Lake Norman is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Watauga, their victory bumped their record up to 10-8.
Lake Norman came up short against Watauga in their previous meeting back in August of 2022, falling 3-1. Can Lake Norman avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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