North Duplin has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to challenge the Union Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Union took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on North Duplin, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, it was close, but North Duplin sidestepped Lakewood for a 3-2 win.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was North Duplin who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 20-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-6.
North Duplin's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Carrly Strickland led the charge by getting seven digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Strickland a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Iala Overton, who had six digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: North Duplin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Union was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat. They came up short against Rosewood, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-15, 25-11, 25-10.
North Duplin is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Union, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
North Duplin came up short against Union when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can North Duplin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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