Topsail has gone 8-2 against South Brunswick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Topsail Pirates will welcome the South Brunswick Cougars at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Topsail has eight straight victories, South Brunswick has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Wednesday, Topsail was able to grind out a solid win over Coastal Christian, taking the game 3-1.
Topsail had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-17, 25-15, 26-24.
Topsail's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ryan Lambert led the charge by getting 20 kills, 16 digs, and three blocks. The dominant performance gave Lambert a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Losey, who had nine digs, a kill, and 28 assists.
Meanwhile, South Brunswick came up short against Laney on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
The match was exciting from start to finish, as three sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-15, 30-28, 26-24.
Topsail pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for South Brunswick, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Everything went Topsail's way against South Brunswick when the teams last played back in September, as Topsail made off with a 3-0 win. Does Topsail have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Brunswick turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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