It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Duplin had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Clinton Dark Horses 3-2. This was payback for the Panthers, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
East Duplin was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-15, 25-22, 13-25, 15-11.
East Duplin 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 ten aces in four consecutive contests.
East Duplin has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Clinton, they moved to 16-6 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
East Duplin has already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Ayden - Grifton on the 24th. Clinton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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