Volleyball Preview: George Stevens Academy Eagles vs. Mount Desert Island Trojans
The George Stevens Academy Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mount Desert Island Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
George Stevens Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Machias, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (George Stevens Academy was ranked 21st). Everything went George Stevens Academy's way against Machias on Friday as George Stevens Academy made off with a 3-0 win.
George Stevens Academy never let Machias on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-23, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Mount Desert Island was able to grind out a solid victory over Brewer on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Mount Desert Island was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 22-25, 25-15, 25-19.
George Stevens Academy's win bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Mount Desert Island, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
George Stevens Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Mount Desert Island when the teams last played back in October of 2022. Can George Stevens Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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