Volleyball Preview: Edgerton Crimson Tide vs. Evansville Blue Devils
The Edgerton Crimson Tide will venture away from home to face off against the Evansville Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Edgerton is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Stoughton just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 2-1.
Edgerton started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-17, 20-18.
Meanwhile, Evansville hadn't done well against Brodhead recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Evansville had just enough and edged Brodhead out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
Evansville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 16-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-9.
Edgerton's defeat dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Evansville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Edgerton came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville when the teams last played on September 12th, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Edgerton 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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