Volleyball Preview: Northern Durham Knights vs. East Chapel Hill Wildcats
Northern Durham is 2-8 against East Chapel Hill since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Northern Durham Knights are on the road again to play the East Chapel Hill Wildcats at 6:15 p.m. East Chapel Hill took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Northern Durham, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, Northern Durham made easy work of Riverside-Durham and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Northern Durham never let Riverside-Durham on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-23.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, East Chapel Hill's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Chapel Hill.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 21-25, 25-22, 25-12.
East Chapel Hill's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Lucy Tisch, who had 22 digs, and Anna Ellis, who had 17 digs. With that strong performance, Ellis is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game.
Northern Durham's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for East Chapel Hill, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-4.
Northern Durham suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Chapel Hill when the teams last played back in September. Can Northern Durham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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