Volleyball Preview: Brighton Bruins vs. Irondequoit Eagles
Brighton is 0-9-1 against Irondequoit since October of 2015 but things could change on Monday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Irondequoit is hoping to do what Fairport couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Brighton's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Brighton put the hurt on Fairport with a sharp 3-0 win. While the Bruins didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Brighton was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the second set to get the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 26-24, 25-16.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Irondequoit, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Everything went their way against Greece Arcadia on Tuesday as Irondequoit made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Irondequoit was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-5.
Irondequoit found their leader in underclassman Camryn Drader, who had six aces. The dominant performance also gave Drader a new career-high in aces.
Irondequoit was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive matchups.
Brighton has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Irondequoit, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3-1.
Brighton came up short against Irondequoit in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Brighton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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