Volleyball Preview: Summertown Eagles vs. Columbia Central Lions
Summertown is 10-0 against Columbia Central since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Summertown Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Columbia Central Lions at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Summertown is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Loretto just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Mustangs. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Eagles have suffered since October 9, 2023.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-21, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Columbia Central came up short against Coffee County Central on Thursday and fell 3-1. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 12-25, 25-18, 25-22.
Columbia Central's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Gabby Bolton, who had 15 digs, and Blaire Lovell, who had seven digs.
Even though they lost, Columbia Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive games.
Summertown's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-8. As for Columbia Central, their loss dropped their record down to 10-6.
Summertown took their win against Columbia Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Summertown repeat their success, or does Columbia Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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