North Cobb is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Buford is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The North Cobb Warriors will host the Buford Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
North Cobb is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Bob Jones, who was ranked second at the time (North Cobb was ranked 13th). North Cobb took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bob Jones on Saturday. The Warriors' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Bob Jones scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-21.
The losing side was boosted by Hannah Nicholson, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, Buford made easy work of Discovery on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Buford was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-7, 25-7.
Buford's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addie Williams led the charge by getting nine aces and eight digs. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Lewis, who had six aces.
North Cobb's defeat dropped their record down to 28-12. As for Buford, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
North Cobb beat Buford 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Will North Cobb repeat their success, or does Buford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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