A.L. Brown has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to take on the Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
A.L. Brown is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since August 19th on Monday. They blew past Carolina International 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant A.L. Brown was: they took every set by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-15, 25-11.
A.L. Brown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hickory Ridge made easy work of West Cabarrus on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Ragin' Bulls.
After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.
A.L. Brown's victory ended a 14-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-8. As for Hickory Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: A.L. Brown has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Hickory Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
A.L. Brown came up short against Hickory Ridge when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. Can A.L. Brown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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