Volleyball Preview: Mountain Empire Redhawks vs. Gompers Prep Academy Eagles
Mountain Empire is 4-0 against Gompers Prep Academy since October of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Mountain Empire Redhawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Gompers Prep Academy Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Wednesday, Mountain Empire didn't have quite enough to beat The Cambridge School and fell 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Mountain Empire sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 22-25, 25-20, 12-25, 17-15.
Mountain Empire's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Breeza Valdez, who had nine digs and two aces, and Rowan Smith, who had 30 digs, two aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Smith has posted in her last four matches.
Even though they lost, Mountain Empire was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Gompers Prep Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They fell just short of Preuss UCSD by a score of 3-2.
Gompers Prep Academy took Preuss UCSD into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking 23-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-2, 2-25, 2-25, 25-2.
Mountain Empire has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-8 record this season. As for Gompers Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Everything went Mountain Empire's way against Gompers Prep Academy in their previous meeting back in September, as Mountain Empire made off with a 3-0 win. Does Mountain Empire have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gompers Prep Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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