Swanton has gone 8-2 against North Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Swanton Bulldogs are taking a road trip to face off against the North Central Eagles at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Swanton has four straight wins, North Central has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Thursday, it was close, but Swanton sidestepped Paulding for a 3-2 victory.
Swanton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-98), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 22-25, 11-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Swanton can attribute much of their success to Jordyn Ramirez, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Kinley Curtis, who had 25 digs, ten kills, and two aces. Curtis has been hot recently, having posted seven or more kills the last 11 times she's played.
Meanwhile, North Central lost 3-0 to Hilltop on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-16.
Swanton pushed their record up to 12-3 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for North Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Swanton has serving mastered this season, having averaged 9.2 aces per game. However, it's not like North Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Swanton took their victory against North Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Swanton since the team 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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