With a playoff game on the line, Cartersville rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Blessed Trinity Titans. That's more bragging rights for the Hurricanes, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cartersville walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the third set). The final score came out to 26-24, 22-25, 25-12, 25-23.
Holly Dufrene paced Cartersville's offense, picking up 12 kills. Dufrene got some help from
Emma Wall and her 22 assists.
Sydney Seigler controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Blessed Trinity's loss came despite strong showings from Ruby Mcdermott and Abby Woodward. Mcdermott had 23 digs and two aces, while Woodward had 12 digs. Mcdermott is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 14 or more in the last eight games she's played.
Cartersville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 33-11 record this season. As for Blessed Trinity, they moved to 29-11 with that defeat, which also ended their 13-game winning streak.
After both having extra time off, Cartersville and Pace Academy will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Pace Academy sitting on nine straight victories and Cartersville on eight. Blessed Trinity does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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