The Western Alamance Warriors and the West Carteret Patriots are set to duel on Thursday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Western Alamance is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past C.B. Aycock 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-18, 25-22.
Western Alamance's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ryan Justice, who had nine digs.
Meanwhile, West Carteret made easy work of Durham School of the Arts on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant West Carteret was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-9.
West Carteret had a senior duo take command as Anderson Day had 12 aces and ten assists and Riley Williams had seven aces and 14 assists. The dominant performance gave Day a new career-high in aces.
West Carteret was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matchups.
Western Alamance's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-5. As for West Carteret, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Western Alamance has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9 aces per game. However, it's not like West Carteret struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Western Alamance suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to West Carteret when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Can Western Alamance avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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