Volleyball Preview: Southern Door Eagles vs. Algoma Wolves
Southern Door and Algoma are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Southern Door Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Algoma Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southern Door will be strutting in after a victory while Algoma will be coming in after a defeat.
Southern Door took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Gibraltar out 3-2. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Eagles as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Southern Door had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 22-25, 25-14, 25-20, 15-13.
Southern Door relied on the efforts of Alanna Paye, who had 26 digs, three aces, and a kill, and Alanah Kaye, who had 15 kills, 14 digs, and three aces. That's the most aces Paye has posted in her last ten contests.
Meanwhile, Algoma was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Heritage Christian.
Algoma was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-13.
Southern Door's victory bumped their record up to 8-19. As for Algoma, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13.
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