Volleyball Preview: Churchland Truckers vs. Jamestown Eagles
The Churchland Truckers will face off against the Jamestown Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Churchland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They put the hurt on Manor with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Truckers.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Jamestown, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Monday. They came out on top against Smithfield last Tuesday by a score of 3-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Jamestown not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Smithfield between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-18, 25-16.
Jamestown can attribute much of their success to Kira Van Deusen, who had 16 digs and four aces, and Senah Drazdowski, who had five digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Drazdowski a new career-high in aces.
Jamestown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Smithfield only served five.
Jamestown pushed their record up to 13-10-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Churchland, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-15 record this season.
Churchland might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Jamestown when the teams last played back in November of 2014. Can Churchland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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