Anderson County is 9-1 against Clinton since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Anderson County Mavericks will head out on the road to take on the Clinton Dragons at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Anderson County's way against Loudon as Anderson County made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mavericks.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Anderson County was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-6, 25-11.
Among those leading the charge was Catelynn Tackett, who had six digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Anderson County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Clinton sidestepped Dobyns-Bennett for a 2-1 win.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Clinton got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 19-25, 15-9.
Clinton's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Keagan Skaggs led the charge by getting 11 digs and two kills. The team also got some help courtesy of Mckenzie Crisp, who had 16 digs and a kill.
Anderson County pushed their record up to 17-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Clinton, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 30-9 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's matchup: Anderson County has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 5.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Clinton 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.
Anderson County came up short against Clinton in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Anderson County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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