Gates County hasn't had much luck against Perquimans recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Gates County Red Barons will head out to square off against the Perquimans Pirates at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Gates County's way against Tarboro as Gates County made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Perquimans came tearing into Thursday's contest with 14 straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Vikings 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Perquimans was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-11, 25-5.
Perquimans was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 33 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 18 consecutive matches.
Gates County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Perquimans, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-1.
Gates County suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Perquimans in their previous matchup back in September. Can Gates County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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