Northern Durham hasn't had much luck against East Chapel Hill recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Northern Durham Knights will welcome the East Chapel Hill Wildcats at 6:15 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, everything went Northern Durham's way against J.F. Webb as Northern Durham made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Northern Durham was: they took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-15, 25-16.
Meanwhile, East Chapel Hill waltzed into their game on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Pride. While the Wildcats didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
East Chapel Hill was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 26-24, 27-25, 25-23.
East Chapel Hill found their leader in underclassman Lucy Tisch, who had 27 digs. Tisch is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Northern Durham's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for East Chapel Hill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Northern Durham skirted past East Chapel Hill 3-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Northern Durham repeat their success, or does East Chapel Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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