Volleyball Preview: Person Rockets vs. Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves
Person is 1-9 against Cedar Ridge since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Person Rockets will head out to take on the Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Person beat Eno River 3-1.
Person had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 27-25, 25-10, 25-7.
Logan Hurdle was the offensive standout of the game as she had 12 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Person was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Cedar Ridge entered their tilt with Roxboro Community on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-18, 25-13.
Person's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-7. As for Cedar Ridge, they pushed their record up to 9-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Person has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Cedar Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Person suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cedar Ridge in their previous matchup back in August. Can Person avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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