Volleyball Preview: Carrboro Jaguars vs. Granville Central Panthers
Carrboro has gone 7-0 against Granville Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Carrboro Jaguars will square off against the Granville Central Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Carrboro is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
Last Thursday, Carrboro made easy work of Vance County and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Carrboro was: they took every set by at least 21 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-4, 25-3, 25-3.
Carrboro can attribute much of their success to Hayley Royal, who had six aces. The dominant performance gave Royal a new career-high in aces.
Carrboro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 13 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Granville Central came up short against J.F. Webb on Thursday, falling 3-0. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost nine in a row.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-19, 25-14.
Carrboro is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Granville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Everything went Carrboro's way against Granville Central in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Carrboro made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carrboro since the squad 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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