The East Paulding Raiders will square off against the Villa Rica Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. East Paulding will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
East Paulding is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since September 4th on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Kennesaw Mountain 2-1.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Paulding to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaidyn Hokanson, who had seven digs and four assists.
East Paulding was lethal from the service line and finished the match with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 26 consecutive matches.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Villa Rica and Central, and Central kept the tradition alive. The Wildcats fell 2-0 to the Lions last Thursday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Villa Rica was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19.
Villa Rica's loss dropped their record down to 23-9. As for East Paulding, their victory bumped their record up to 28-5.
East Paulding couldn't quite get it done against Villa Rica in their previous matchup back in September as they fell 2-0. Can the Raiders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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