After both having extra time off, the Cartersville Hurricanes and the Pace Academy Knights will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Cartersville sitting on eight straight wins and Pace Academy on nine.
Cartersville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Blessed Trinity by a score of 3-1.
Cartersville walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 26-24, 22-25, 25-12, 25-23.
Cartersville can attribute much of their success to Riley Jarrett, who had 15 digs.
Meanwhile, Pace Academy faced Marist in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Pace Academy walked away with a 3-1 win over Marist.
Pace Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-22.
Pace Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Britton Mcgurn led the charge by getting 16 digs and 25 assists. Mcgurn is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabby Emch, who had 19 digs and two aces.
Cartersville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 33-11 record this season. As for Pace Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 42-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Cartersville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Pace Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cartersville came up short against Pace Academy in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can Cartersville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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