Volleyball Preview: Eastlake Falcons vs. Pebble Hills Spartans
The Eastlake Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the Pebble Hills Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastlake has 16 straight wins, Pebble Hills has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Eastlake will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Franklin, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Eastlake walked away with a 3-1 victory over Franklin on Friday.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (96-92) Eastlake actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 28-26, 25-23, 14-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Pebble Hills came up short against Socorro on Friday and fell 3-1.
Pebble Hills came incredibly close to winning: the sets they lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 21-25, 25-22, 26-24.
Eastlake's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 29-3. As for Pebble Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-15.
Eastlake beat Pebble Hills 2-0 when the teams last played back in August. Will Eastlake repeat their success, or does Pebble Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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