East Lincoln is 1-8 against Foard since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The East Lincoln Mustangs will look to defend their home court against the Foard Tigers at 5:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, East Lincoln made easy work of West Iredell and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: East Lincoln took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-17, 25-12.
East Lincoln relied on the efforts of Carly Puckett, who had six digs and 16 assists, and Aubrey Ward, who had six digs and two aces. Ward has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times 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 games they've averaged 13.5.
Meanwhile, Foard got the win against Statesville on Monday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-14, 25-18.
East Lincoln now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Foard, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-11.
East Lincoln was able to grind out a solid victory over Foard when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. Will East Lincoln repeat their success, or does Foard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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