Volleyball Preview: Eastbrook Panthers vs. Blackford Bruins
Eastbrook is 9-1 against Blackford since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Eastbrook Panthers are on the road again to play the Blackford Bruins at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, everything went Eastbrook's way against Monroe Central as Eastbrook made off with a 3-0 win.
Eastbrook was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-12, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Blackford made easy work of Anderson on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Blackford's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Anderson between 17 and 20 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-20, 25-19.
Blackford was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matchups.
Eastbrook has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for Blackford, their win bumped their record up to 9-17.
Eastbrook took their victory against Blackford when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastbrook 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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