Volleyball Preview: Maple Mountain Golden Eagles vs. Salem Hills Skyhawks
The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will face off against the Salem Hills Skyhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Maple Mountain is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Spanish Fork just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Dons by a score of 3-2. While the Golden Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Dons 25-22 in the first set.
Maple Mountain took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-20, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Salem Hills came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Red Devils as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Salem Hills was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-12.
Salem Hills had a senior duo take command as Daxlyn Gammell had 12 digs and four aces and Bri Frampton had six digs and four aces. Gammell has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 39 times she's played.
They weren't the only good server: Salem Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five games.
Maple Mountain's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9. As for Salem Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Maple Mountain came out on top in a nail-biter against Salem Hills in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Maple Mountain repeat their success, or does Salem Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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