Volleyball Preview: Garrett Morgan Falcons vs. Our Lady of the Elms Panthers
The Garrett Morgan Falcons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Our Lady of the Elms Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Garrett Morgan didn't have quite enough to beat Campus International and fell 3-2.
Garrett Morgan took Campus International into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 28-26, 24-26, 25-20, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of the Elms came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Lions 3-0. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Our Lady of the Elms was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-10, 25-14.
Our Lady of the Elms can attribute much of their success to Mariah Taylor, who had six aces.
Taylor wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Our Lady of the Elms was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in eight consecutive contests.
Garrett Morgan now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Our Lady of the Elms, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
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