The Washburn Pirates will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Claiborne Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Washburn will be strutting in after a win while Claiborne will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, Washburn made easy work of Tennessee School for the Deaf and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Washburn was: they took every set by at least 18 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-0, 25-6.
Among those leading the charge was Kylie Ferguson, who had 19 aces, nine digs, and two kills. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Washburn was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 37 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 17.
Meanwhile, Claiborne was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Washburn.
Claiborne was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the 0th set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-16, 25-14.
Washburn has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-14 record this season. As for Claiborne, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Washburn took their win against Claiborne in their previous matchup on Monday by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Washburn since the team 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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