The Union Pines Vikings are taking a road trip to square off against the J.H. Rose Rampants at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Union Pines is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Swansboro as Union Pines made off with a 3-0 victory.
Union Pines never let Swansboro on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-20, 26-24.
Meanwhile, J.H. Rose got the win against Dixon on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
While J.H. Rose might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Dixon scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead J.H. Rose to victory, but perhaps none more so than Anne Price Duke, who had eight digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Bayes, who had seven aces, five digs, and three kills.
She wasn't the only good server: J.H. Rose was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Union Pines pushed their record up to 15-8 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for J.H. Rose, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
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