Volleyball Game Preview: Cypress Falls Eagles vs. Stratford Spartans

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 12:11pm

Volleyball Preview: Cypress Falls Eagles vs. Stratford Spartans

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The Cypress Falls Eagles will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Stratford Spartans at 5:30 p.m.

Cypress Falls came up short against Jersey Village on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Falcons: they've now lost four in a row.

The final score came out to 26-24, 25-16, 25-22.

Meanwhile, Stratford had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Bobcats as they made off with a 3-0 victory.

Stratford's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Cy-Fair between 14 and 17 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-17.

Rachel Ashby went supernova for Stratford, getting 14 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Ashby a new career-high in aces.

Stratford 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 contests.

Cypress Falls' loss dropped their record down to 8-25. As for Stratford, they pushed their record up to 27-2 with the win, which was their 20th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Cypress Falls beat Stratford 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Will Cypress Falls repeat their success, or does Stratford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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