The Barren County Trojans will face off against the Metcalfe County Hornets at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Barren County will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Allen County-Scottsville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Barren County came out on top against Allen County-Scottsville by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Metcalfe County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Caverna on Thursday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Metcalfe County was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-13.
Metcalfe County found their leader in underclassman Ellie Landrum, who had seven digs and five aces.
Metcalfe County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matches.
Barren County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Metcalfe County, their victory bumped their record up to 6-10.
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