Volleyball Preview: Mountain Island Charter Raptors vs. Lincoln Charter Eagles
Mountain Island Charter and Lincoln Charter are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will venture away from home to challenge the Lincoln Charter Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Island Charter is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Mountain Island Charter sidestepped Bradford Prep for a 3-2 victory.
Mountain Island Charter wouldn't go down easily and took Bradford Prep into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-15, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Mountain Island Charter was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Charter lost 3-0 to Christ the King on Tuesday. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-13, 25-14.
Mountain Island Charter is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-14 record this season. As for Lincoln Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Mountain Island Charter came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln Charter in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Island Charter since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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