On Saturday, it was close, but the Whitefield Academy WolfPack sidestepped the Etowah Eagles for a 2-1 victory.
Whitefield Academy was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-14, 15-9.
Whitefield Academy can attribute much of their success to Emory McKeeby, who had eight digs and two aces.
Etowah's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Alex Tomsey, who had five aces and four digs, and Kate Holley, who had nine digs. The dominant performance gave Tomsey a new career-high in aces.
Whitefield Academy has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Etowah, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-15.
Whitefield Academy will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Jonesboro at 1:00 p.m. Jonesboro will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Whitefield Academy surely won't give up without a fight. As for Etowah, they will face off against Grovetown at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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