On Wednesday Carrboro will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars faces off against Panthers at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, everything went Carrboro's way against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability as Carrboro made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Carrboro took every set by at least 18 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-7, 25-7.
Carrboro found their leader in underclassman Camille Rucker, who had seven aces and four digs. Those seven aces gave Rucker a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Rudy VanGelder, who had five aces, two kills, and 31 assists.
Carrboro couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 58.3% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 26.9% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 35.4%.
Meanwhile, Orange entered their tilt with Person on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Rockets 3-0.
Carrboro is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Orange, they pushed their record up to 10-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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