After both having extra time off, the Chatham Cavaliers and the Dan River Wildcats will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chatham has three straight victories, Dan River has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Chatham made easy work of William Campbell and carried off a 3-0 win.
Chatham never let William Campbell on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-22, 25-17.
Chatham can attribute much of their success to Brooklyn Rigney, who had nine digs, three kills, and three kills, and Braelyn Heath, who had 13 digs and a kill. Rigney has been hot recently, having also posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Chatham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 15 aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Dan River came up short against Altavista on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The victory got Chatham back to even at 4-4. As for Dan River, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Chatham came up short against Dan River in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Thankfully for Chatham, Jenna Fletcher (who had seven digs and three aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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