Whiteville is 7-0 against Pender since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Whiteville Wolfpack will head out on the road to challenge the Pender Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Whiteville will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Whiteville sidestepped East Columbus for a 3-2 victory.
Meanwhile, Pender didn't have quite enough to beat East Bladen on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Patriots have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pender took East Bladen into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-13, 26-28, 15-25, 15-13.
Despite the loss, Pender got top-tier performance from Jensen Bordeaux, who had 29 digs, 11 aces, and six kills. The dominant performance gave Bordeaux a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayda Tozour, who had 24 digs, two kills, two aces, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: Pender was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive games.
Whiteville pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Pender, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
Whiteville took their victory against Pender in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bordeaux, who had 12 digs, six aces, four kills, and a block. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Whiteville still be able to contain Bordeaux? There's only one way to find out.
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