Volleyball Recap: Unicoi County Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Sep 28, 2024, 1:58am

Volleyball Recap: Unicoi County Blue Devils vs. Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones

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After flying high against Happy Valley last Monday, Unicoi County came back down to earth. The Unicoi County Blue Devils lost 3-0 to the Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their matchups with the Fighting Cyclones: they've now lost seven in a row.

The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-19, 29-27.

Unicoi County's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Elizabethton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.

Unicoi County will face off against Tennessee at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Tennessee is coming into the game with five straight wins at home, so Unicoi County will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Elizabethton, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory vs. Johnson County on the 26th.

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