Volleyball Preview: Morgan Huskies vs. East Hampton Bellringers
On Monday Morgan will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the East Hampton Bellringers at 5:30 p.m.
Morgan came up short against Coginchaug Regional on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
Morgan took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 26-24, 29-27.
Meanwhile, East Hampton got the win against Old Lyme on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-19, 25-13.
East Hampton relied on the efforts of Ava France, who had four digs and three aces, and Grace Flannery, who had three aces. The dominant performance gave Flannery a new career-high in aces.
East Hampton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 12.8.
Morgan's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-7. As for East Hampton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Morgan came up short against East Hampton in their previous matchup on September 9th, falling 3-1. Can Morgan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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