Volleyball Preview: Croatan Cougars vs. Swansboro Pirates
Croatan is 9-1 against Swansboro since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Croatan Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Swansboro Pirates at 6:00 p.m.
Croatan came up short against West Carteret on Thursday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost four in a row.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-13, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Swansboro waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 3-1.
After all that action, the final score was 26-24, 25-27, 25-13, 25-14.
Swansboro's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Miller Floyd, who had six digs and four aces, and Maddie Staley, who had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Staley has posted since back in August.
Swansboro was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as White Oak only served nine.
Croatan's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Swansboro, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Croatan took their victory against Swansboro in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Croatan since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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