West Carteret typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Croatan proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the West Carteret Patriots. This was payback for the Cougars, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Croatan had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 14-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19.
Despite the defeat, West Carteret had strong showings from Anderson Day, who had five aces and 13 assists, and Chloe Lewis, who had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Day has posted since back in September.
Croatan has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for West Carteret, they moved to 16-6 with that loss, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.
As of now, neither Croatan nor West Carteret have any future games scheduled.
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