Piedmont Community Charter and Cherryville are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots will venture away from home to challenge the Cherryville Ironmen at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Piedmont Community Charter made easy work of Queen's Grant and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Piedmont Community Charter took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-5, 25-11.
Piedmont Community Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Cherryville entered their tilt with Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Gryphons as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Cherryville's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-17, 25-6.
Piedmont Community Charter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Cherryville, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Piedmont Community Charter has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 18.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Cherryville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Piedmont Community Charter's way against Cherryville when the teams last played back in December of 2020, as Piedmont Community Charter made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Piedmont Community Charter since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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