Volleyball Preview: Rabun County Wildcats vs. Washington-Wilkes Tigers
Rabun County has been on the road for five straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Washington-Wilkes Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Washington-Wilkes took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Rabun County, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, everything went Rabun County's way against Greene County as Rabun County made off with a 3-0 win. That three set margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Rabun County was: they took every set by at least 14 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-7, 25-11.
Rabun County's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Gracie Dunn, who had ten aces, and Elexa English, who had 11 aces. The dominant performance gave English a new career-high in aces.
Rabun County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 45 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Washington-Wilkes was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They came up short against Harlem, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-14, 25-10.
Rabun County's victory bumped their record up to 13-10. As for Washington-Wilkes, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Rabun County beat Washington-Wilkes 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Will Rabun County repeat their success, or does Washington-Wilkes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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