The Bald Eagle Area Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Richland Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Bald Eagle Area is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Forest Hills out 3-2.
Bald Eagle Area was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Bald Eagle Area can attribute much of their success to Nora Eppley, who had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Eppley has posted in her last eight matchups.
Meanwhile, Richland had already won 12 in a row and they went ahead and made it 13 on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past the Golden Tigers 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Richland got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-12.
Bald Eagle Area has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5-1 record this season. As for Richland, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-4-2.
Bald Eagle Area skirted past Richland 1-0 when the teams last played back in September. Does Bald Eagle Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Richland turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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