Volleyball Preview: Toombs County Bulldogs vs. Ware County Gators
Toombs County hasn't had much luck against Ware County recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 4:30 p.m. Toombs County will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Toombs County is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since August 27th on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over McIntosh County Academy.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Toombs County was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-13, 25-3.
Arianna Hill was nothing short of spectacular: she had 11 kills and nine aces. She is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Wright, who had two aces and 12 assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Toombs County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ware County didn't have quite enough to beat Warner Robins two weeks ago and fell 2-1. The Gators have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Ware County sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 24-26, 15-6.
Toombs County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Ware County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Toombs County came up short against Ware County in their previous matchup back in August, falling 2-0. Can Toombs County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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