Volleyball Preview: Lapel Bulldogs vs. Eastern Hancock Royals
Lapel is 9-1 against Eastern Hancock since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lapel Bulldogs will challenge the Eastern Hancock Royals at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Hancock took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Lapel, who comes in off a win.
Last Monday, Lapel made easy work of Monroe Central and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-20, 25-9.
Lapel was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Eastern Hancock suffered their biggest loss since October 14, 2023 on Tuesday. They came up short against Daleville, falling 3-0. The Royals haven't had much luck with the Broncos recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Eastern Hancock was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Daleville work for it, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-21, 27-25.
Lapel has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Eastern Hancock, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-6.
Lapel was able to grind out a solid victory over Eastern Hancock in their previous matchup back in August, winning 2-0. Will Lapel repeat their success, or does Eastern Hancock have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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