Volleyball Game Preview: Eastern Eagles vs. Southern Tornadoes

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2024, 11:44pm

Volleyball Preview: Eastern Eagles vs. Southern Tornadoes

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Eastern and Southern are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Eastern Eagles will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Southern Tornadoes, where the match is scheduled at 12:00 p.m.

It was a Battle of the Birds when Eastern duked it out withMiller on Tuesday. Eastern came out on top against Miller by a score of 3-1.

Eastern was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 23-25, 25-12, 25-14.

Addi Well was nothing short of spectacular: she had 18 digs and three aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season.

Eastern was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Southern got the win against St. Joseph Central last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Southern took every set by at least 17 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-4, 25-8.

Eastern's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. As for Southern, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.

Eastern skirted past Southern 3-2 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Does Eastern have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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