Volleyball Preview: East Rowan Mustangs vs. Northwest Cabarrus Trojans
East Rowan is 10-0 against Northwest Cabarrus since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The East Rowan Mustangs will be staying on the road to face off against the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, East Rowan made easy work of Concord and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: East Rowan took every set by at least 13 points. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-12, 25-12.
Jordan Dry and Brooklyn Buck were among the main playmakers for East Rowan as the former had 12 digs and the latter had five digs and four aces. That's the most aces Buck has posted since back in October of 2023.
East Rowan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Northwest Cabarrus got the win against Central Cabarrus on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-23, 25-16.
Northwest Cabarrus relied on the efforts of Piper Martin, who had 16 digs, and Alexa Young, who had seven digs.
East Rowan is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Northwest Cabarrus, their record now sits at 4-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: East Rowan has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Northwest Cabarrus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
East Rowan took their win against Northwest Cabarrus in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Rowan since the team 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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