Volleyball Preview: Vance Charter Knights vs. Falls Lake Firebirds
Vance Charter hasn't had much luck against Falls Lake recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Vance Charter Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Falls Lake Firebirds at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Vance Charter comes in on three and Falls Lake on ten.
Vance Charter is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Neuse Charter 3-2.
Vance Charter took Neuse Charter into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, 23-25, 23-25, 15-12.
Vance Charter 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 20 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Falls Lake's way against Southside on Tuesday as Falls Lake made off with a 3-0 victory.
Kate DeZurik was nothing short of spectacular: she had 12 digs and ten aces. Those ten aces gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tess DeZurik, who had five digs and three aces.
Vance Charter pushed their record up to 16-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Falls Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season.
Vance Charter suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Falls Lake in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Can Vance Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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