Volleyball Preview: Eastern Guilford Wildcats vs. Rockingham County Cougars
Eastern Guilford hasn't had much luck against Rockingham County recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Eastern Guilford Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Rockingham County Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Eastern Guilford comes in on five and Rockingham County on nine.
On Tuesday, Eastern Guilford got the win against High Point Central by a conclusive 3-0.
Eastern Guilford never let High Point Central on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-23, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Rockingham County made easy work of Ben L. Smith on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Rockingham County was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-13, 25-10.
Rockingham County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in nine consecutive games.
Eastern Guilford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Rockingham County, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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