Union County has gone 3-0 against Washburn recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Union County Patriots will stay at home for another game and welcome the Washburn Pirates at 6:00 p.m.
Union County lost 3-0 to Gibbs on Tuesday.
Union County was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-10, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Washburn waltzed into their match on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They came out on top against the Cherokees by a score of 3-1.
Washburn was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 17-25, 25-17, 25-15.
Washburn relied on the efforts of Jada Tooley, who had 15 digs, and Abigail Epperson, who had 15 digs, 12 kills, two aces, and a block. Epperson is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Washburn was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 23.2.
Union County's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Washburn, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-14 record this season.
Union County took their victory against Washburn in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Union County repeat their success, or does Washburn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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