The Gate City Blue Devils will take on the Abingdon Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gate City will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Last Tuesday, Gate City beat Union 3-1.
Gate City walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-15, 24-26, 25-23, 25-19.
Gate City found their leader in underclassman Sophie Webb, who had nine digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Webb a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Rhoton, who had eight digs and four aces.
Gate City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Abingdon earned a 3-1 victory over Ridgeview on Tuesday.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (99-94) Abingdon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 26-24, 13-25, 30-28.
Gate City is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Abingdon, their win bumped their record up to 15-6.
Gate City suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Abingdon in their previous meeting on October 1st. Will Gate City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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