Pinecrest and Union Pines met for a duel on Thursday where Pinecrest came out on top. The Pinecrest Patriots sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Union Pines Vikings. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Pinecrest got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 20-25, 15-10.
Pinecrest can attribute much of their success to Kianna Hall-Wickham, who had five aces and three digs. That's the most aces Hall-Wickham has posted since back in October of 2023.
Pinecrest was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Union Pines only served nine.
Pinecrest's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-8. As for Union Pines, they moved to 13-7 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
As of now, neither Pinecrest nor Union Pines have any future games scheduled.
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