Volleyball Preview: Marshwood Hawks vs. Cape Elizabeth Capers
The Marshwood Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the Cape Elizabeth Capers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Marshwood is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Marshwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Bonny Eagle, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Marshwood was ranked 17th). Marshwood fell just short of Bonny Eagle by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Cape Elizabeth hadn't done well against Yarmouth recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Cape Elizabeth walked away with a 3-1 win over Yarmouth.
The final score came out to 25-19, 10-25, 25-17, 27-25.
Cape Elizabeth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in four consecutive matchups.
Marshwood's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-6. As for Cape Elizabeth, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Marshwood suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cape Elizabeth when the teams last played back in September of 2016. Can Marshwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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