Copper Basin is 0-9 against Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences since August of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Patriots at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Copper Basin barely beat Hiwassee Dam the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Cougars put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 3-0 victory on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Copper Basin's got stronger as the match went on, holding Hiwassee Dam to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 25-23, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences made easy work of Notre Dame on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Fighting Irish: they've now won three in a row.
One reason for the win was Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences' just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-18, 25-15.
Copper Basin better focus on containing Savannah Moore and Brynne Burkhart as the pair were huge in Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences' win. Moore had 20 kills, six digs, and five aces, while Burkhart had five digs, five aces, and one block. Moore is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in each of the last 20 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Amanda Gardner, who had 13 digs and seven kills.
Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last six contests.
Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences' win bumped their record up to 21-6. As for Copper Basin, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
Copper Basin might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences when the teams last played back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moore, who had ten kills, ten aces, and six digs. Now that the Cougars know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
