Volleyball Preview: A Rolling Egyptian Meets a Wounded Shawnee

The Egyptian Pharoahs' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Shawnee Redskins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shawnee took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Egyptian, who comes in off a win.

On Tuesday, Egyptian beat Dongola 2-0.

Egyptian easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final set scores came out to 25-10, 25-16.

Eva Ford was a one-woman wrecking crew as she had 10 assists and seven aces. Another player making a difference was Journey Webb, who had nine assists and four aces.

Meanwhile, Shawnee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were two sets away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Cobden.

In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Shawnee sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-17, 22-25, 25-19.

Shawnee now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Egyptian, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-8.