Volleyball Game Preview: Burns Bulldogs vs. Draughn Wildcats

By Team Reports Oct 13, 2024, 10:53pm

Volleyball Preview: Burns Bulldogs vs. Draughn Wildcats

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Burns is 0-6 against Draughn since September of 2014 but things could change on Monday. The Burns Bulldogs will head out to face off against the Draughn Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Burns will be strutting in after a victory while Draughn will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Wednesday, Burns made easy work of Bessemer City and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Burns took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-12, 25-10.

Burns was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Draughn lost 3-0 to Highland Tech on Saturday. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-17, 25-17.

Burns is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. As for Draughn, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.

Burns suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Draughn in their previous matchup back in October of 2016. Can Burns avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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