Volleyball Preview: Eastern Mennonite Flames vs. Highland Hawks
The Eastern Mennonite Flames will host the Highland Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Eastern Mennonite will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Eastern Mennonite is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Miller School of Albemarle just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 3-2.
Eastern Mennonite started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-27, 25-20, 25-14, 17-15.
Highland aren't just finding success at home, as their game on Thursday extended their overall winning streak to three. They put the hurt on Wakefield School with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Highland was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 25-13.
Highland's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sarah Johnson, who had three aces, a kill, and 27 assists. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Lewinsohn, who had five aces and two kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Highland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive games.
Eastern Mennonite's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Highland, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Everything went Eastern Mennonite's way against Highland when the teams last played back in October of 2015, as Eastern Mennonite made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Eastern Mennonite repeat their success, or does Highland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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