After flying high against Union last Tuesday, North Duplin came back down to earth. The North Duplin Rebels lost 3-0 to the Rosewood Eagles on Thursday. The Rebels haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-17, 25-14.
Despite the loss, North Duplin had strong showings from Lilly Fulghum, who had 11 digs and 11 assists, and Carrly Strickland, who had eight digs and four aces. Fulghum is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted ten or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, North Duplin kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 6.2.
Leading Rosewood to victory were Averi Cuddeback and Khiry Reese. Cuddeback had five digs and four aces, while Reese had 15 digs. That's the most aces Cuddeback has posted since last Monday.
North Duplin's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Rosewood, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 14-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. North Duplin will head out to take on Hobbton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hobbton is on a three-game streak of home wins, North Duplin a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Rosewood, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Lakewood at 6:00 p.m. Rosewood is facing Lakewood at the right time seeing as Lakewood is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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