Granville hasn't had much luck against Watkins Memorial recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Granville Blue Aces will square off against the Watkins Memorial Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Watkins Memorial took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Granville, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with eight losses in a row, Granville finally turned things around against Heath on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Bulldogs 3-2.
Granville was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Watkins Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Newark Catholic.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 23-25, 25-15, 25-16.
Even though they lost, Watkins Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive matches.
Granville's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15. As for Watkins Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Granville might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Watkins Memorial in their previous matchup back in September. Can Granville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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