The J.H. Rose Rampants have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Union Pines Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
J.H. Rose is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Dixon.
While J.H. Rose might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Dixon scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-11.
J.H. Rose's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Anne Price Duke led the charge by getting eight digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Bayes, who had seven aces, five digs, and three kills.
She wasn't the only good server: J.H. Rose was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Union Pines and Swansboro met for a duel on Tuesday where Union Pines came out on top. Union Pines blew past Swansboro 3-0.
While Union Pines won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20, 26-24.
J.H. Rose is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Union Pines, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-8.
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