The Cartersville Hurricanes will take on the Blessed Trinity Titans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Cartersville sitting on seven straight wins and Blessed Trinity on 13.
Cartersville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged North Oconee out 3-2.
Cartersville was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-106), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 15-12.
Mckenzie Wilkie and Riley Jarrett were among the main playmakers for Cartersville as the former had 23 digs and the latter had five digs and four aces.
They weren't the only good server: Cartersville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive games.
Union Grove typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Blessed Trinity proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Wolverines by a score of 3-1.
Blessed Trinity was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18.
Cartersville is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 32-11 record this season. As for Blessed Trinity, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 29-10.
Cartersville was able to grind out a solid win over Blessed Trinity in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cartersville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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