Volleyball Preview: Grape Creek Eagles vs. Jim Ned Indians
Grape Creek hasn't had much luck against Jim Ned recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Grape Creek Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Jim Ned Indians at 12:00 p.m.
Grape Creek is headed into Saturday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Wall.
Grape Creek was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-18, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Jim Ned hadn't done well against Clyde recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Jim Ned came out on top against Clyde by a score of 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Jim Ned had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 14-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-22.
Grape Creek's loss dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Jim Ned, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Grape Creek suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Jim Ned when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Grape Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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