The Topsail Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Green Hope Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Topsail is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Middle Creek.
Topsail never let Middle Creek on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-19.
Among those leading the charge was Hannah Losey, who had four digs and 36 assists. She is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last 11 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey Johnson, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, Green Hope entered their tilt with Jordan on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Falcons as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-8, 25-18.
Green Hope was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive matches.
Topsail pushed their record up to 23-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Green Hope, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Topsail has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Green Hope struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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