Volleyball Preview: Seymour Eagles vs. Northview Academy Cougars
Seymour is 8-2 against Northview Academy since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Seymour Eagles will challenge the Northview Academy Cougars at 6:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Seymour challenged Fulton on Tuesday. Seymour blew past Fulton 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Seymour's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Fulton between 15 and 18 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 25-15.
Destiany Ray went supernova for Seymour, getting nine aces and seven digs. The dominant performance gave Ray a new career-high in aces.
Seymour was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Northview Academy entered their tilt with Gatlinburg-Pittman on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Highlanders.
Northview Academy was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-16, 25-19.
Seymour is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-10 record this season. As for Northview Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 14-7.
Seymour came up short against Northview Academy in their previous meeting on Thursday, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northview Academy's Sydney Cole, who had 23 digs and four aces. Now that Seymour knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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