Volleyball Preview: Maryville Red Rebels vs. East Hamilton Hurricanes
The Maryville Red Rebels's road trip will continue as they head out to face the East Hamilton Hurricanes on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Maryville can't be too worried about heading out to take on East Hamilton: they just beat Science Hill at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Maryville came out on top against Science Hill by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 16-25, 25-19, 25-21.
Meanwhile, East Hamilton waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was East Hamilton's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-16, 25-11.
East Hamilton can attribute much of their success to Morgan Prichard, who had nine digs.
East Hamilton 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 nine aces in seven consecutive matches.
Maryville is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 22-16 record this season. As for East Hamilton, they pushed their record up to 30-8 with the victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season.
Maryville came up short against East Hamilton when the teams last played back in August, falling 2-0. Can Maryville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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