The Doddridge County Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Calhoun Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Doddridge County has three straight victories, Calhoun has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Doddridge County is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since October 30, 2023 on Thursday. They blew past Braxton County 3-0.
Doddridge County never let Braxton County on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 27-25, 25-21.
Doddridge County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 8.8.
Meanwhile, Calhoun entered their contest against Clay County on September 3rd without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Calhoun fell 3-1 to Clay County.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 19-25, 25-18, 25-15.
Doddridge County's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-7. As for Calhoun, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Doddridge County came out on top in a nail-biter against Calhoun in their previous meeting back in August, sneaking past 2-1. Will Doddridge County repeat their success, or does Calhoun have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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