The Elk Grove Grenadiers will take on the Maine East Blue Demons at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Elk Grove is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Hersey just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 2-0 to the Huskies.
Elk Grove was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Maine East didn't have quite enough to beat Maine West on Tuesday and fell 2-1. The Blue Demons have struggled against the Warriors recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost meeting.
Maine East actually scored more points across those three sets (71-69), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 26-24, 18-25, 25-22.
Maine East now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Elk Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-22.
Elk Grove was able to grind out a solid win over Maine East in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 2-0. Will the Grenadiers repeat their success, or do the Blue Demons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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