White Oak hasn't had much luck against Croatan recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The White Oak Vikings will head out to take on the Croatan Cougars at 6:00 p.m.
White Oak is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dixon. While the Vikings didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-21 in the first period.
White Oak started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-18.
Despite the loss, White Oak got top-tier performance from Mariah Reeves, who had 11 digs, seven aces, and three kills. The dominant performance gave Reeves a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Croatan had just enough and edged Swansboro out 3-2 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Croatan who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 23-25, 25-17, 23-25, 15-13.
White Oak's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Croatan, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
White Oak came up short against Croatan in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can White Oak avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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