The Green Hope Falcons will take on the Laney Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Green Hope is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Green Level, who was ranked first at the time (Green Hope was ranked fifth). The Falcons fell 3-1 to the Gators on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Falcons in their meetings with the Gators: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Laney had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Pirates with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Laney never let Corinth Holders on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-23, 25-13.
Green Hope better focus on containing Kinsley Nagle and Abigail (Abbey) Hendren as the pair were huge in Laney's win. Nagle had 17 assists and nine digs, while Hendren had eight assists and two aces.
Green Hope's defeat dropped their record down to 21-3. As for Laney, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season.
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