The Greencastle Tiger Cubs will take on the South Putnam Eagles at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Greencastle is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Last Wednesday, Greencastle got the win against North Montgomery by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-9, 25-18.
Janae Greenlee and Kaitlin Welker were among the main playmakers for Greencastle as the former had five aces and the latter had five digs and ten assists. The dominant performance gave Greenlee a new career-high in aces.
Greencastle 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 seven aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, South Putnam was able to grind out a solid win over Owen Valley on Wednesday, taking the game 3-1.
South Putnam was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 26-24.
Greencastle has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for South Putnam, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
Greencastle took their win against South Putnam in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greencastle since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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