Carrollton has gone 8-0-2 against Richmond recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Carrollton Trojans and the Richmond Spartans are set to duel. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Carrollton didn't have quite enough to beat Knob Noster and fell 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Carrollton sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 27-25, 16-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-8.
Even though they lost, Carrollton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Richmond was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss. They came up short against Lafayette County, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-20.
Carrollton's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8-1. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
Carrollton skirted past Richmond 3-2 in their previous matchup on October 1st. Does Carrollton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Richmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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