Carrboro has gone 8-0 against Vance County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Carrboro Jaguars will welcome the Vance County Vipers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carrboro has 16 straight victories, Vance County has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
It was a proper cat-fight when Carrboro duked it out withGranville Central on Thursday. Carrboro put the hurt on Granville Central with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Carrboro was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-3, 25-15.
Carrboro can attribute much of their success to Rudy VanGelder, who hit 100% for six kills12 aces and ten assists. The dominant performance gave VanGelder a new career-high in aces.
Carrboro couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 61.8% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27.5% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 43.2%.
Meanwhile, Vance County lost 3-0 to South Granville on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-15, 25-7.
Carrboro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Vance County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Carrboro has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 17.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Vance County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Carrboro took their victory against Vance County in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. Does Carrboro have another victory up their sleeve, or will Vance County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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