The Allatoona Buccaneers will challenge the Jonesboro Cardinals at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Allatoona is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Kell 3-2.
Allatoona had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-14, 15-9.
Allatoona had a senior duo take command as Destiny Brown had 15 digs and Sammi Hasbrook had 13 digs.
Allatoona was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Jonesboro entered their tilt with Forest Park on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Jonesboro was: they took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-2, 25-8.
Allatoona is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 30-13 record this season. As for Jonesboro, they pushed their record up to 40-13 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
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