Volleyball Preview: Eagle Mountain Knights vs. Krum Bobcats
The Eagle Mountain Knights will take on the Krum Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Eagle Mountain is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Decatur just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. While the Knights didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 25-22 in the first period.
Eagle Mountain started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-13, 25-23.
Eagle Mountain might have lost, but man, Brooke Lacewell was a machine: she had 15 kills, 14 digs, and two aces. Lacewell has been hot recently, having posted nine or more kills the last nine times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Nichols, who had 17 digs and a kill.
Meanwhile, Krum came tearing into Friday's game with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1.
Krum got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 30-28.
Eagle Mountain's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-17. As for Krum, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-12 record this season.
Eagle Mountain skirted past Krum 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. Does Eagle Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Krum turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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