Volleyball Preview: Eastern Greene Thunderbirds vs. Barr-Reeve Vikings
Eastern Greene is 0-7 against Barr-Reeve since August of 2015 but things could change on Saturday. The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds will square off against the Barr-Reeve Vikings at 11:00 a.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, everything went Eastern Greene's way against North Central as Eastern Greene made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Eastern Greene.
Eastern Greene's got stronger as the match went on, holding North Central to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-13, 25-12.
Ashlynn Bellman was nothing short of spectacular: she had eight digs and five aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Leila Quimby, who had 13 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Eastern Greene 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 five aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Barr-Reeve had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over West Vigo on Tuesday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Barr-Reeve was: they took every set by at least 17 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-7, 25-8.
Eastern Greene's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-15. As for Barr-Reeve, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season.
Eastern Greene suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Barr-Reeve in their previous matchup back in October of 2020. Thankfully for Eastern Greene, Hannah Graber (who had seven digs, three aces, and a block) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
