East Duplin and North Lenoir are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The East Duplin Panthers will welcome the North Lenoir Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Duplin will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Last Tuesday, East Duplin was able to grind out a solid victory over Liberty Christian Academy, taking the game 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19.
Emory Raynor and Ana Marie Rodriguez were among the main playmakers for East Duplin as the former had nine digs and 14 assists and the latter had seven digs and 12 assists. With that strong performance, Raynor is now averaging an impressive 4.2 digs per game.
Meanwhile, North Lenoir entered their match against Wallace-Rose Hill on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. North Lenoir fell just short of Wallace-Rose Hill by a score of 3-2. The Hawks' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
North Lenoir took Wallace-Rose Hill into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-18, 19-25, 25-21, 16-14.
East Duplin's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for North Lenoir, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
East Duplin came up short against North Lenoir when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can East Duplin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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