Volleyball Preview: Maine South Hawks vs. Leyden Eagles
Maine South is 3-0 against Leyden since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Hawks dukes it out withthe Leyden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Maine South comes in on four and Leyden on seven.
Maine South's tournament run continued when they took on Buffalo Grove on Saturday. Maine South walked away with a 2-0 win over Buffalo Grove.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 26-24.
If Ridgewood wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Leyden, they should've done a better job of containing Olivia Prokop. Leyden walked away with a 2-0 victory over Ridgewood on Thursday thanks in part to Prokop, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last 11 matches.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-16.
Maine South has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Leyden, their win bumped their record up to 15-18.
Maine South beat Leyden 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Will Maine South repeat their success, or does Leyden have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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