The Summer Creek Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Atascocita Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Summer Creek took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past North Shore 3-0.
While Summer Creek might've won, it sure wasn't easy: North Shore scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-3, 25-11, 25-16.
Summer Creek's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sarai Reyna, who had six aces, and Kyla Gilbert, who had three digs and three aces. Those six aces gave Reyna a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Atascocita had already won seven in a row and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Atascocita took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-11, 25-12.
Atascocita's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Emily Olano, who had 17 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Cotten, who had nine digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Atascocita was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matches.
Summer Creek has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-18 record this season. As for Atascocita, they pushed their record up to 19-11 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Summer Creek came up short against Atascocita when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Summer Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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