Volleyball Preview: Aiken Fighting Green Hornets vs. Brookland-Cayce Bearcats
Aiken is 9-0 against Brookland-Cayce since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Aiken Fighting Green Hornets will head out on the road to take on the Brookland-Cayce Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Aiken has three straight victories, Brookland-Cayce has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Aiken didn't have the best season last year (they finished 15-24-2), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against North Augusta on Tuesday as Aiken made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Fighting Green Hornets have posted since October 3, 2023.
Aiken didn't let North Augusta take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-23, 33-31.
Aiken's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Caroline Smith, who had five digs and four aces, and Abigail Tyler, who had 20 kills, five digs, and three aces. Tyler is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had four or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season.
Brookland-Cayce might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Gray Collegiate Academy, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Aiken has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Brookland-Cayce, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Aiken took their win against Brookland-Cayce in their previous matchup back in October of 2019 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Aiken since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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