Wakefield and Wake Forest are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Wakefield Wolverines will take on the Wake Forest Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Wakefield narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Rolesville 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolverines.
Wakefield wouldn't go down easily and took Rolesville into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-27, 20-25, 25-13, 15-10.
Wakefield was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Wake Forest can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Thursday. They blew past Knightdale 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cougars have posted since September 9th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wake Forest was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-12, 25-15.
Wakefield's record is now 10-8. As for Wake Forest, their record now sits at 11-8.
Wakefield was able to grind out a solid win over Wake Forest in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wakefield 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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