Volleyball Game Preview: Greensburg Pirates vs. North Decatur Chargers

By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 2:22pm

Volleyball Preview: Greensburg Pirates vs. North Decatur Chargers

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Greensburg is 9-1 against North Decatur since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Greensburg Pirates will venture away from home to take on the North Decatur Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Greensburg sitting on five straight wins and North Decatur on three.

Last Thursday, Greensburg made easy work of Lawrenceburg and carried off a 3-0 victory.

The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-20.

Meanwhile, North Decatur got the win against Milan on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.

While North Decatur won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-19, 25-22.

North Decatur 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 nine aces in seven consecutive games.

Greensburg is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for North Decatur, they pushed their record up to 8-6 with the win, which was their third straight at home.

Everything went Greensburg's way against North Decatur in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Greensburg made off with a 3-0 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Decatur's Hannah Gorrell, who had 20 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Greensburg still be able to contain Gorrell? There's only one way to find out.

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