On Thursday, the East Mecklenburg Eagles earned a 3-1 win over the Butler Bulldogs. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
East Mecklenburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 25-11, 25-22, 25-15.
Christopher Dougherty paced East Mecklenburg's offense, picking up 22 kills. Dougherty got some help from Shreyash Pilli and his 29 assists. Dougherty was also solid from the service line: he led the team with eight aces.
East Mecklenburg's victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Coming up, East Mecklenburg will take on Charlotte Catholic at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Butler, they and Ballantyne Ridge will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 6:30 p.m. on March 13th.
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