The Surry Central Golden Eagles will venture away from home to take on the West Wilkes Blackhawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Wilkes took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Surry Central, who comes in off a win.
Surry Central is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since August 19th on Tuesday. They put the hurt on East Surry with a sharp 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Eagles.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. After all that action, the final score was 28-26, 26-24, 25-23.
Surry Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lily Oneal, who had five kills, a block, and 34 assists, and Presley Smith, who had 11 kills and eight digs. Smith is crushing it when it comes to kills: she's had at least five every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Mallie Southern, who had seven kills, five digs, and a block.
Meanwhile, West Wilkes lost 3-0 to East Surry on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Blackhawks in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now lost eight in a row.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-16, 25-22.
Despite the defeat, West Wilkes had strong showings from Layla Smith, who had 11 digs, and Addison Staley, who had 14 digs and seven kills.
Surry Central's win bumped their record up to 10-3. As for West Wilkes, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Surry Central has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.2 aces per game. However, it's not like West Wilkes struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Surry Central beat West Wilkes 3-1 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for Surry Central 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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