Volleyball Preview: Vance Charter Knights vs. Research Triangle Raptors
Vance Charter is 4-0 against Research Triangle since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Vance Charter Knights will challenge the Research Triangle Raptors at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vance Charter has seven straight wins, Research Triangle has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Vance Charter made easy work of Voyager and carried off a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 26-24, 25-18.
Vance Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Research Triangle didn't have quite enough to beat Wake Prep Academy on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Research Triangle took a 2-0 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 15-13.
Vance Charter's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for Research Triangle, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Vance Charter took their victory against Research Triangle in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vance Charter since the squad 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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