Volleyball Game Preview: Center Point on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 1:43am

Volleyball Preview: Center Point Pirates vs. Knippa Crushers

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Center Point is 8-1 against Knippa since August of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Center Point Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Knippa Crushers at 5:00 p.m. Knippa took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Center Point, who comes in off a win.

Center Point is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since August 27th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Leakey as Center Point made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Pirates have posted against the Eagles since August 31, 2018.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-10, 25-18.

Center Point kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least five blocks in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Knippa was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their 17th straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Stacey.

After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 25-10, 25-10.

Center Point has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Knippa, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.

Center Point was able to grind out a solid victory over Knippa when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Does Center Point have another victory up their sleeve, or will Knippa turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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