Volleyball Preview: Wake Forest Cougars vs. Wakefield Wolverines
Wake Forest and Wakefield are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Wake Forest Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Wakefield Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Wake Forest finally turned things around against Knightdale on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cougars have posted since September 9th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wake Forest was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-12, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Wakefield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Rolesville on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolverines.
Wakefield was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-27, 20-25, 25-13, 15-10.
Wakefield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Wake Forest's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Wakefield, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.
Wake Forest came up short against Wakefield in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Will Wake Forest have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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