The Cameron Dragons will take on the East Buchanan Bulldogs at 8:07 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cameron is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 9th on Monday. Everything went their way against Carrollton as Cameron made off with a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Cameron's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-17, 25-14.
Cameron 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 five aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, East Buchanan made easy work of Penney on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant East Buchanan was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-9, 25-6.
Among those leading the charge was Kaylynn Engnes, who had seven digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Cameron's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 11-8-1. As for East Buchanan, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3-1 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's game: Cameron has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like East Buchanan struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cameron came up short against East Buchanan in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Cameron avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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