Volleyball Game Preview: Eastmark Firebirds vs. ALA - Queen Creek Patriots

Eastmark is preparing for their first region matchup of the season on Wednesday. They are taking a road trip to face off against the ALA - Queen Creek Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Eastmark has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while ALA - Queen Creek will come in with four straight wins.

Last Monday, Eastmark came up short against Cactus and fell 3-1.

The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 25-11.

Meanwhile, ALA - Queen Creek posted their closest victory since September 13th on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against ALA - Gilbert North, sneaking past 3-2.

ALA - Queen Creek was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (103-99), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20, 17-25, 17-25, 15-13.

ALA - Queen Creek's win bumped their record up to 16-8. As for Eastmark, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.

Eastmark beat ALA - Queen Creek 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Do the Firebirds have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.