Austin-East hasn't had much luck against West recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Austin-East Roadrunners are taking a road trip to challenge the West Rebels at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Austin-East is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Monday. They lost 3-0 to Pigeon Forge.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-15, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Austin-East saw an underclassman step up: TaDasha Harper had 11 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Harper a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, West came up short against William Blount on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Rebels in their matchups with the Governors: they've now lost three in a row.
West started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20.
Austin-East's loss dropped their record down to 2-22. As for West, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10.
Austin-East suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to West when the teams last played back in August. Can Austin-East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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