Volleyball Preview: Ellsworth Eagles vs. Mount Desert Island Trojans
Ellsworth is 1-9 against Mount Desert Island since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Ellsworth Eagles will challenge the Mount Desert Island Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Ellsworth narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Brewer 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Ellsworth was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-17, 15-8.
Ellsworth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Mount Desert Island faced George Stevens Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Mount Desert Island came out on top against George Stevens Academy by a score of 3-1. The win was familiar territory for the Trojans who have now won three matchups in a row.
Ellsworth has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Mount Desert Island, their victory bumped their record up to 9-3.
Ellsworth came up short against Mount Desert Island when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Ellsworth avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
