Volleyball Preview: Eastern Eagles vs. Fairfield Lions
After both having extra time off, the Eastern Eagles and the Fairfield Lions will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, Eastern got the win against Green by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Eastern was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-7, 25-6.
Eastern was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 26 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Fairfield waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Indians as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Eastern's victory bumped their record up to 17-5. As for Fairfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Eastern beat Fairfield 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2015. Will Eastern repeat their success, or does Fairfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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