Volleyball Preview: Piedmont Classical Bobcats vs. Bishop McGuinness Villains
Piedmont Classical is 0-5 against Bishop McGuinness since August of 2017 but things could change on Tuesday. The Piedmont Classical Bobcats will host the Bishop McGuinness Villains at 6:00 p.m.
Piedmont Classical is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Monday. They came up short against Triad Math and Science Academy, falling 3-0.
Piedmont Classical was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Triad Math and Science Academy work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-22, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Bishop McGuinness got the win against Winston-Salem Prep on Monday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Villains.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Bishop McGuinness took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-8, 25-4.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bishop McGuinness to victory, but perhaps none more so than Natalie Ma, who had eight aces. That's the most aces Ma has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Schrage Sophie, who had eight aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Bishop McGuinness was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 37 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive contests.
Piedmont Classical's defeat dropped their record down to 2-15. As for Bishop McGuinness, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
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