Volleyball Preview: Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers vs. Pickens Blue Flame
The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Pickens Blue Flame at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Blue Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Seneca, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Tigers.
Blue Ridge was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 14-25, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Pickens came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bulldogs.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Pickens was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-4, 25-8, 25-10.
Pickens was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Blue Ridge's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Pickens, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-15 record this season.
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