Volleyball Preview: Seventy-First Falcons vs. Lumberton Pirates
The Seventy-First Falcons are taking a road trip to face off against the Lumberton Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Seventy-First is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Seventy-First came up short against Purnell Swett and fell 3-1.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Seventy-First lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 32-30, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23.
Even though they lost, Seventy-First was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Lumberton got the win against Douglas Byrd on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-8, 25-19.
Seventy-First's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lumberton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Seventy-First came up short against Lumberton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Seventy-First avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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