Volleyball Preview: Southlake Carroll Dragons vs. V.R. Eaton Eagles
The Southlake Carroll Dragons will challenge the V.R. Eaton Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Southlake Carroll is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: Keller, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Southlake Carroll was ranked 22nd). Southlake Carroll took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Keller on Friday. While the Dragons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Indians 25-23 in the first set.
Southlake Carroll started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 26-24.
Lauren St. Charles put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had 15 digs.
Meanwhile, V.R. Eaton narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Keller Central 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
V.R. Eaton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-12.
Southlake Carroll's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-10. As for V.R. Eaton, their win bumped their record up to 24-13.
Southlake Carroll was able to grind out a solid victory over V.R. Eaton when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Will Southlake Carroll repeat their success, or does V.R. Eaton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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