North Lenoir and East Duplin are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The North Lenoir Hawks will head out to face off against the East Duplin Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
North Lenoir will head out to face East Duplin after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. North Lenoir fell just short of Wallace-Rose Hill by a score of 3-2. The Hawks' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
North Lenoir took Wallace-Rose Hill into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-18, 19-25, 25-21, 16-14.
Meanwhile, East Duplin came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Heat.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19.
Emory Raynor and Ana Marie Rodriguez were among the main playmakers for East Duplin as the former had nine digs and 14 assists and the latter had seven digs and 12 assists. With that strong performance, Raynor is now averaging an impressive 4.2 digs per game.
North Lenoir's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for East Duplin, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
North Lenoir was able to grind out a solid win over East Duplin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will North Lenoir repeat their success, or does East Duplin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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