Volleyball Preview: Lumberton Pirates vs. Purnell Swett Rams
Lumberton is 10-0 against Purnell Swett since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lumberton Pirates will head out to take on the Purnell Swett Rams at 6:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Lumberton got the win against Douglas Byrd by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-8, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Purnell Swett waltzed into their contest on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Purnell Swett took every set by at least 15 points. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-6, 25-10.
Kiley Locklear had an outrageously good game as she had 13 aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Purnell Swett was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Lumberton has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Purnell Swett, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Lumberton took their win against Purnell Swett when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Lumberton repeat their success, or does Purnell Swett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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