Charlestown has gone 10-0 against South Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Charlestown Pirates and the South Central Rebels are set to duel. Charlestown is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Charlestown came up short against Borden and fell 3-1.
Charlestown actually scored more points across those four sets (93-90), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 13-25, 27-25.
Even though they lost, Charlestown 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 six aces in 11 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, South Central can finally bid farewell to their six-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Crothersville out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-100) South Central actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-16, 17-15.
Charlestown's loss dropped their record down to 17-8. As for South Central, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-14.
Charlestown took their victory against South Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Charlestown since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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