Volleyball Game Preview: Millbrook Wildcats vs. Apex Friendship Patriots

After both having extra time off, the Millbrook Wildcats and the Apex Friendship Patriots will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Millbrook is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.

Millbrook is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Riverside-Durham, who was ranked 13th at the time (Millbrook was ranked 17th). The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Pirates last Wednesday.

Millbrook had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-19, 15-12.

Meanwhile, Apex Friendship came up short against Seaforth two weeks ago, falling 3-0.

Apex Friendship was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-7, 25-23.

Apex Friendship's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Millbrook, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1.

Millbrook skirted past Apex Friendship 3-2 in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Will the Wildcats repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.