Volleyball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Smithtown East

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 3:03pm

Volleyball Recap: Smithtown East Bulls vs. Deer Park Falcons

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Smithtown East waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past the Deer Park Falcons 3-0. The Bulls have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Falcons, too.

Smithtown East walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the first set). The final score came out to 25-4, 25-19, 25-18.

Leading Smithtown East to victory were Lily Sullivan and Alexandra Arroyo. Sullivan had seven digs and three aces, while Arroyo had five digs, a kill, and 18 assists. Arroyo is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.

Smithtown East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive matches.

Smithtown East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-2 record this season. As for Deer Park, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.

Smithtown East will welcome Bellport at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Smithtown East will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. Deer Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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