Volleyball Preview: Firestone Falcons vs. Ellet Orangemen
The Firestone Falcons will venture away from home to face off against the Ellet Orangemen at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Firestone comes in on seven and Ellet on three.
On Tuesday, Firestone got the win against Garfield by a conclusive 3-0.
Firestone walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-20, 25-17.
Firestone's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mandeki L'Bert-Kaalima, who had ten digs and two aces, and Tiara Williams, who had nine digs and two aces. Williams is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Firestone was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Ellet made easy work of Buchtel on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ellet was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-9, 25-13.
Firestone has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Ellet, they pushed their record up to 7-11 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Firestone's way against Ellet in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Firestone made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Firestone 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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