Watauga is 8-1 against Ashe County since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Watauga Pioneers will square off against the Ashe County Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Watauga sitting on four straight wins and Ashe County on seven.
Last Monday, Watauga made easy work of Freedom and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Watauga took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-4, 25-12.
Addison Parker went supernova for Watauga, getting 16 aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Parker a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Childers, who had nine digs and five aces.
Watauga couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.2% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Ashe County beat South Caldwell 3-1 on Monday.
Ashe County 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 22-25, 25-12, 26-24, 25-23.
Watauga now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Ashe County, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-1.
Watauga suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Ashe County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Watauga avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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