After four games on the road, Purnell Swett is heading back home. They will welcome the Lumberton Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, everything went Purnell Swett's way against Douglas Byrd as Purnell Swett made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Purnell Swett took every set by at least 15 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-8, 25-6, 25-10.
Kiley Locklear had an outrageously good game as she had 13 aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Purnell Swett was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lumberton made easy work of Douglas Byrd on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-8, 25-19.
Purnell Swett's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for Lumberton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Purnell Swett suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lumberton when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Purnell Swett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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