After both having extra time off, the Princeton Eagles and the Westwood Lumberjacks will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Princeton is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Two weeks ago, Princeton made easy work of Elk Creek and carried off a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-20.
Princeton's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Mackenzie Wills led the charge by getting seven kills and seven aces. The dominant performance gave Wills a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Guadalupe Espinoza, who had five aces and a block.
Princeton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 14 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Westwood rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They skirted past the Vikings 3-2.
Princeton pushed their record up to 17-10 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Westwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Princeton came out on top in a nail-biter against Westwood in their previous meeting back in October, sneaking past 3-2. Will Princeton repeat their success, or does Westwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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