East Wake has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to square off against the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
On Monday, East Wake came up short against Bunn and fell 3-1. The Warriors have struggled against the Wildcats recently, as their game on Monday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
East Wake started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 16-25, 25-18, 25-14, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma didn't have quite enough to beat C.B. Aycock on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Smithfield-Selma actually scored more points across those five sets (106-104), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 18-25, 25-19, 27-25, 15-12.
East Wake's loss dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Smithfield-Selma, they dropped their record down to 1-10 with that defeat, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season.
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