Sequoyah has been away from home for seven games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Pope Greyhounds at 6:30 p.m.
Sequoyah is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: River Ridge, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Sequoyah was ranked sixth). Sequoyah lost 3-0 to River Ridge on Saturday. The shutout was out of character for the Chiefs seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-11, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Pope entered their tilt with Mount Pisgah Christian on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They skirted past the Patriots 2-1.
Pope had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-11, 16-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pope to victory, but perhaps none more so than Amanda Vlkovic, who had eight digs and three aces. Vlkovic is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Wynnie Abney, who had five aces and four digs.
Sequoyah's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-6. As for Pope, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season.
Sequoyah came up short against Pope when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Sequoyah avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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