Ashe County is 1-8 against Watauga since August of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Ashe County Huskies will host the Watauga Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. Ashe County will be looking to keep their 17-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Monday, Ashe County earned a 3-1 victory over South Caldwell.
Ashe County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-12, 26-24, 25-23.
Ashe County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 17 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Watauga aren't just finding success at home, as their game on Monday extended their overall winning streak to four. They blew past Freedom 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Watauga was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-4, 25-12.
Addison Parker had an outrageously good game as she had 16 aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Childers, who had nine digs and five aces.
Ashe County's win bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Watauga, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Everything went Ashe County's way against Watauga in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Ashe County made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Ashe County repeat their success, or does Watauga have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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