Dan River hasn't had much luck against Appomattox County recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Dan River Wildcats' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Appomattox County Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, Dan River made easy work of Nelson County and carried off a 3-0 win.
If William Campbell wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Appomattox County, they should've done a better job of containing Emily Dudley. Everything went Appomattox County's way against William Campbell on Thursday as Appomattox County made off with a 3-0 victory thanks in part to Dudley, who had ten aces and nine digs. Those ten aces gave her a new career-high.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Appomattox County was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-13, 25-8.
Appomattox County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 32 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Dan River's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-9. As for Appomattox County, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
Dan River suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Appomattox County in their previous matchup on October 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dudley, who had 16 digs and four aces. Now that Dan River knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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