Waynesburg Central is 4-0 against McGuffey since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Waynesburg Central Raiders will host the McGuffey Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. Waynesburg Central will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
While Waynesburg Central didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Frazier on Monday.
Waynesburg Central took Frazier into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 20-25, 15-11.
Lelia Mccollum and Bailey Rafferty were among the main playmakers for Waynesburg Central as the former had nine digs and three aces and the latter had seven digs, five aces, and five aces. The dominant performance also gave Rafferty a new career-high in hitting percentage.
Waynesburg Central 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 seven aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, McGuffey came up short against Charleroi on September 5th and fell 3-1. The loss was the Highlanders' first of the season.
While McGuffey had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Waynesburg Central pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for McGuffey, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Waynesburg Central took their victory against McGuffey when the teams last played back in September of 2019 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Waynesburg Central repeat their success, or does McGuffey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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