Volleyball Game Preview: Angola Hornets vs. Eastside Blazers

By Team Reports Oct 5, 2024, 10:22pm

Volleyball Preview: Angola Hornets vs. Eastside Blazers

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Angola is 10-0 against Eastside since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Angola Hornets will face off against the Eastside Blazers at 7:15 p.m. Eastside took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Angola, who comes in off a win.

Last Tuesday, Angola made easy work of Churubusco and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.

Angola walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-19, 25-17.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Angola to victory, but perhaps none more so than Anna Mcclure, who had nine digs.

Meanwhile, Eastside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Hicksville.

Eastside was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-10, 26-24.

Angola's win bumped their record up to 20-3. As for Eastside, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.

Everything went Angola's way against Eastside when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Angola made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Angola since the squad 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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