The Pinecrest Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Southwestern Randolph Cougars at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Pinecrest is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Pinecrest can't be too worried about heading out to take on Southwestern Randolph: they just beat Scotland at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Pinecrest narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Scotland 3-2.
Pinecrest took Scotland into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-14, 25-7, 23-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Southwestern Randolph made easy work of Wheatmore on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
The win didn't come easy: Wheatmore scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-12, 25-16.
Southwestern Randolph was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Pinecrest is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Southwestern Randolph, their record is now 12-9.
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