West Johnston is on a four-game streak of home wins, while South Johnston is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The West Johnston Wildcats will challenge the South Johnston Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
West Johnston will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Hunt, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. West Johnston was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Hunt on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 26-24.
Among those leading the charge was Reagan Sutton, who had 12 digs.
Meanwhile, South Johnston made easy work of East Wake on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant South Johnston was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-12, 25-12, 25-16.
South Johnston's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Logan Collins, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Skylar West, who had five digs and two aces.
West Johnston is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for South Johnston, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: West Johnston has serving mastered this season, having averaged 12.6 aces per game. However, it's not like South Johnston struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
West Johnston skirted past South Johnston 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was South Johnston's Kenzie Adams, who had 22 digs. Now that she won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be easier for West Johnston to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
