Volleyball Preview: Springtown Porcupines vs. Eagle Mountain Knights
The Springtown Porcupines will challenge the Eagle Mountain Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Springtown will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Springtown is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Krum just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 3-2.
Springtown took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Eagle Mountain made easy work of Krum on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
While Eagle Mountain won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-17, 25-18.
Eagle Mountain can attribute much of their success to Brooke Lacewell, who had 24 kills and 12 digs, and Lexi Nichols, who had 26 digs and two aces. Lacewell has been hot recently, having posted nine or more kills the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlotte Adams, who had six digs and 19 assists.
Eagle Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive games.
Springtown's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-13. As for Eagle Mountain, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-17 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Springtown has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Eagle Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Springtown was able to grind out a solid win over Eagle Mountain in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will Springtown repeat their success, or does Eagle Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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