Volleyball Game Preview: Eastern Hancock Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 12:43am

Volleyball Preview: Eastern Hancock Royals vs. Southwestern Spartans

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The Eastern Hancock Royals's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southwestern Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern Hancock will be strutting in after a win while Southwestern will be coming in after a defeat.

On Monday, Eastern Hancock made easy work of Randolph Southern and carried off a 3-0 victory.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Eastern Hancock took every set by at least 16 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-5, 25-9, 25-4.

Meanwhile, Southwestern came up short against Oldenburg Academy on Saturday and fell 2-0. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Twisters: they've now lost four in a row.

The final score came out to 25-18, 25-21.

Eastern Hancock has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Southwestern, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8.

Eastern Hancock was able to grind out a solid win over Southwestern in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastern Hancock 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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