Volleyball Preview: Service Cougars vs. Eagle River Wolves
Service has gone 8-2 against Eagle River recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Service Cougars will square off against the Eagle River Wolves at 8:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Service is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: South Anchorage, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Service was ranked ninth). Service fell 3-1 to South Anchorage on Tuesday. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Wolverines recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22.
Despite the defeat, Service saw an underclassman step up: Jaelyn Lorenzo had 13 digs and two aces. Lorenzo is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Eagle River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Dimond.
Eagle River was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-10, 25-23.
Service moved to 20-16-1 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Eagle River, their loss dropped their record down to 8-18-1.
Everything went Service's way against Eagle River in their previous meeting back in September, as Service made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Service 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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