The Calhoun Yellow Jackets will face off against the North Clayton Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Calhoun has four straight wins, North Clayton has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Thursday, Calhoun made easy work of LaFayette and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Calhoun not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept LaFayette between 16 and 17 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-17, 25-16.
Calhoun's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Cate Rutland, who had five digs and two aces. Another player making a difference was Lilly Hayward, who had five aces and four digs.
They weren't the only good servers: Calhoun was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, North Clayton didn't have quite enough to beat Stephenson on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, North Clayton sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 24-26, 15-8.
Calhoun's victory bumped their record up to 32-9. As for North Clayton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.
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