McGuffey is 0-4 against Waynesburg Central since September of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. The McGuffey Highlanders will face off against the Waynesburg Central Raiders at 6:00 p.m.
On September 5th, McGuffey came up short against Charleroi and fell 3-1. The loss was the Highlanders' first of the season.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Charleroi scored at least 18 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Waynesburg Central put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They had just enough and edged Frazier out 3-2. While the Raiders 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.
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.
Waynesburg Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lelia Mccollum, who had nine digs and three aces, and Bailey Rafferty, who 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 matchups.
Having lost for the first time this season, McGuffey fell to 2-1. As for Waynesburg Central, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
McGuffey might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Waynesburg Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Can McGuffey avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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