Foard has gone 8-1 against East Lincoln recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Foard Tigers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the East Lincoln Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Monday, Foard made easy work of Statesville and carried off a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-14, 25-18.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln got the win against West Iredell on Monday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant East Lincoln was: they took every set by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-17, 25-12.
East Lincoln's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Carly Puckett, who had six digs and 16 assists, and Aubrey Ward, who had six digs and two aces. Ward 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.
East Lincoln was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 13.5.
Foard's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-11. As for East Lincoln, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season.
Foard came up short against East Lincoln when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. Can Foard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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