Volleyball Preview: Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers vs. Wren Hurricanes
The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will square off against the Wren Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Blue Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Fountain Inn. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Fighting Tigers.
Meanwhile, Wren entered their tilt with South Pointe on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the Stallions as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wren was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-10.
Wren's success was spearheaded by the efforts of London Faust, who had five aces and three digs, and Peyton Capell, who had ten digs. Capell has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
Wren was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Blue Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Wren, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with the win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season.
Blue Ridge came up short against Wren in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Blue Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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