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By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 3:05am

Volleyball Preview: Wake Forest Cougars vs. Wakefield Wolverines

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Wake Forest and Wakefield are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Wake Forest Cougars will square off against the Wakefield Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Tuesday, Wake Forest earned a 3-1 win over Knightdale. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.

In the three sets Wake Forest was on fire: they won each by at least ten points. After all that action, the final score was 25-7, 25-8, 22-25, 25-15.

Meanwhile, Wakefield beat Rolesville 3-1 on Tuesday.

Wakefield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17.

Wake Forest is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Wakefield, they now have a winning record of 7-6.

Wake Forest might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Wakefield in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Wake Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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