Volleyball Preview: East Burke Cavaliers vs. Maiden Blue Devils
East Burke is 0-10 against Maiden since October of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The East Burke Cavaliers will take on the Maiden Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as East Burke comes in on five and Maiden on eight.
On Tuesday, East Burke made easy work of West Caldwell and carried off a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-9, 25-17.
East Burke relied on the efforts of Sarah Angel, who had 12 digs and four aces, and Hermione Garro, who had 11 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Angel a new career-high in aces.
East Burke was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Maiden was able to grind out a solid victory over Newton-Conover on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18.
East Burke's record now sits at 8-6. As for Maiden, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
East Burke might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Maiden when the teams last played back in August. Can East Burke avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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