The Cherokee Trail Cougars will square off against the Pine Creek Eagles at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Cherokee Trail was able to grind out a solid win over Westminster, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Cherokee Trail 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 23-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-15.
Cherokee Trail can attribute much of their success to Alize Flores, who had 14 digs and a kill.
Cherokee Trail was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Meanwhile, Pine Creek extended their postseason success on Saturday against Douglas County. Everything went their way against the Huskies as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The win was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on 15 straight.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-20, 25-15.
Cherokee Trail's record now sits at 18-6. As for Pine Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Cherokee Trail has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Pine Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cherokee Trail came up short against Pine Creek in their previous meeting back in October, falling 3-1. Can Cherokee Trail avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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