Carrboro waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 15 straight wins... but they left with 16. They blew past the Granville Central Panthers 3-0. The Jaguars have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Panthers, too.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Carrboro was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-3, 25-15.
Rudy VanGelder was the offensive standout of the contest as she hit 100% for six kills12 aces and ten assists. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Carrboro couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 61.8% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27.5% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 43.2%.
Carrboro is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Granville Central, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-16 record this season.
Carrboro wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Durham School of the Arts on the 16th. Granville Central has also already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Louisburg on the 15th.
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