Volleyball Preview: Dunedin Falcons vs. East Lake Eagles
Dunedin is 0-10 against East Lake since September of 2016 but things could change on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Dunedin made easy work of Lakewood and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
A big factor in the win was Dunedin's feisty defense: they held Lakewood to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-8.
Dunedin had a senior duo take command as Aryn Steinbrueck had five aces and Aubrey Palmer had six aces. The dominant performance gave Steinbrueck a new career-high in aces.
Dunedin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 13.8.
Meanwhile, East Lake came tearing into Tuesday's contest with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Spongers as they made off with a 3-0 win.
While East Lake might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Tarpon Springs scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-10, 25-15.
Dunedin's victory bumped their record up to 9-3. As for East Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Dunedin suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Lake when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Dunedin have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
