The East Burke Cavaliers are taking a road trip to face off against the Newton-Conover Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. East Burke will be strutting in after a win while Newton-Conover will be coming in after a defeat.
On Tuesday, East Burke beat Bunker Hill 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins 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 final score came out to 23-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-11.
East Burke relied on the efforts of 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.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Newton-Conover's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Bandys by a score of 3-2. While the Red Devils didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Trojans 25-20 in the first set.
Newton-Conover took Bandys into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11.
East Burke has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Newton-Conover, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-3.
East Burke suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Newton-Conover when the teams last played back in September. Can East Burke avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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