The Newton-Conover Red Devils will square off against the East Burke Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
East Burke is facing Newton-Conover at the wrong time: Newton-Conover suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that the Red Devils let down their fans at home.
Newton-Conover took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Meanwhile, East Burke earned a 3-1 victory over Bunker Hill on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cavaliers.
East Burke 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 23-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-11.
East Burke can attribute much of their success to Hermione Garro, who had 15 digs and four aces, and Sarah Angel, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces Garro has posted since back in October of 2023.
Newton-Conover's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-3. As for East Burke, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season.
Everything went Newton-Conover's way against East Burke in their previous matchup back in September, as Newton-Conover made off with a 3-0 win. Does Newton-Conover have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Burke turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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