South Brunswick hasn't had much luck against Topsail recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The South Brunswick Cougars will head out to square off against the Topsail Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Brunswick will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Laney, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. South Brunswick sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Laney on Monday.
South Brunswick was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-27, 25-21, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Topsail entered their tilt with New Hanover on Monday with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. They blew past the Wildcats 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Topsail was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-6, 25-7.
Topsail's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sydney King, who had six digs and two aces. King has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last four times she's played.
Topsail couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.3% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in August.
South Brunswick now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Topsail, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-1.
South Brunswick suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Topsail in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can South Brunswick avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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