Volleyball Preview: Ellet Orangemen vs. Firestone Falcons
Ellet is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Firestone is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Ellet Orangemen will welcome the Firestone Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, Ellet got the win against Buchtel by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Ellet took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-9, 25-13.
Ellet was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 12.2.
Meanwhile, everything went Firestone's way against Garfield on Tuesday as Firestone made off with a 3-0 victory.
Firestone was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-20, 25-17.
Firestone had a senior duo take command as Mandeki L'Bert-Kaalima had ten digs and two aces and Tiara Williams had nine digs and two aces. Those nine digs set a new season-high mark for Williams.
Ellet is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-11 record this season. As for Firestone, their win bumped their record up to 12-7.
Ellet might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Firestone in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will Ellet have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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