Alexander Central has gone 10-0 against Freedom recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Alexander Central Cougars will host the Freedom Patriots at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Alexander Central has five straight victories, Freedom has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Alexander Central will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Watauga, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Alexander Central came out on top against Watauga by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Alexander Central had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 28-26, 25-21, 25-19.
Alexander Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sophie Gryder, who had ten digs, and Reagan Pierce, who had 14 kills, 11 digs, and two aces. Pierce has been hot recently, having posted six or more kills the last nine times she's played.
Alexander Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Freedom lost 3-0 to Ashe County on Monday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-11.
Alexander Central pushed their record up to 9-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Alexander Central has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Freedom struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Alexander Central took their victory against Freedom in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Alexander Central repeat their success, or does Freedom have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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