Mount Desert Island has gone 8-0 against Bucksport recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mount Desert Island Trojans will look to defend their home court against the Bucksport Golden Bucks at 5:30 p.m.
Mount Desert Island is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Ellsworth, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Mount Desert Island was ranked seventh). Mount Desert Island fell just short of Ellsworth by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Trojans' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Mount Desert Island actually scored more points across those five sets (101-96), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 19-25, 25-22, 12-25, 15-13.
Mount Desert Island's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Cora VanDongen, who had 11 digs, and Daley Foss, who had nine kills and eight digs. What's more, Foss also posted a 26.3% hitting percentage, which is the highestshe's posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, Mount Desert Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 13 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bucksport waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Pandas 3-0.
Mount Desert Island's loss dropped their record down to 9-4. As for Bucksport, they pushed their record up to 5-8 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Mount Desert Island's way against Bucksport in their previous matchup back in March of 2021, as Mount Desert Island made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Mount Desert Island repeat their success, or does Bucksport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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