Volleyball Preview: Topsail Pirates vs. Hoggard Vikings
Topsail hasn't had much luck against Hoggard recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Topsail Pirates will venture away from home to face off against the Hoggard Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Topsail is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, Topsail got the win against North Brunswick by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Topsail was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-8, 25-10.
Hannah Gates and Hannah Losey were among the main playmakers for Topsail as the former had three aces and 15 assists and the latter had four digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Gates a new career-high in aces.
Topsail was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Hoggard's way against Laney on Thursday as Hoggard made off with a 3-0 victory.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The final score came out to 26-24, 26-24, 25-21.
Topsail's record now sits at 13-1. As for Hoggard, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Topsail came up short against Hoggard in their previous meeting on September 5th, falling 3-1. Can Topsail avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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