Cape Henry Collegiate is 0-10 against Norfolk Academy since October of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. The Cape Henry Collegiate Dolphins will take on the Norfolk Academy Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Cape Henry Collegiate is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Cape Henry Collegiate will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Peninsula Catholic, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Cape Henry Collegiate won by a set and slipped past Peninsula Catholic 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-104) Cape Henry Collegiate actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 14-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Norfolk Academy got the win against Norfolk Collegiate on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
One reason for the win was Norfolk Academy's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-14, 25-8.
Norfolk Academy can attribute much of their success to Peyton Mcgee, who hit 80% for 12 kills12 digs and three aces, and Bela Cancado, who had four digs and two aces. Mcgee is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 44 games she's played dating back to last season.
Norfolk Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Cape Henry Collegiate has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Norfolk Academy, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Cape Henry Collegiate might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Norfolk Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Cape Henry Collegiate avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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