After flying high against Queen's Grant last Friday, Piedmont Community Charter came back down to earth. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cherryville Ironmen on Tuesday. The Patriots were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Ironmen apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in December of 2020.
Piedmont Community Charter was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Cherryville work for it, especially in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 17-25, 28-26, 25-14.
Even though they lost, Piedmont Community Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Among those leading the charge was Camryn Shirley, who had 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last eight contests.
Piedmont Community Charter's loss dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Cherryville, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Piedmont Community Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cherryville, they will venture away from home to face off against East Gaston at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cherryville will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
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