Volleyball Preview: Georgetown Eagles vs. Hendrickson Hawks
Georgetown is 8-2 against Hendrickson since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles challenges the Hendrickson Hawks at 5:30 p.m. Georgetown is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
On Tuesday, Georgetown made easy work of Elgin and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Georgetown took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 25-2.
Georgetown 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.
Meanwhile, Hendrickson unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against Weiss, falling 3-0.
Hendrickson was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-11, 25-23.
Hendrickson might have lost, but man, Megan Chandler was a machine: she had 26 digs and two aces. Chandler has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last four times she's played.
Georgetown's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 33-8. As for Hendrickson, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-22.
Everything went Georgetown's way against Hendrickson when the teams last played back in September, as Georgetown made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Georgetown 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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