Volleyball Preview: West Johnston Wildcats vs. Smithfield-Selma Spartans
West Johnston has gone 10-0 against Smithfield-Selma recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The West Johnston Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Johnston has seven straight wins, Smithfield-Selma has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, West Johnston made easy work of East Wake and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant West Johnston was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-14, 25-11.
West Johnston got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Paige Brown out in front who had seven digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Hobbs, who had five digs, five aces, four kills, and four kills.
She wasn't the only good server: West Johnston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 15 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma lost 3-0 to Hunt on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 27-25, 25-16.
West Johnston has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Smithfield-Selma, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Everything went West Johnston's way against Smithfield-Selma when the teams last played on September 5th, as West Johnston made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Johnston since the team 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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