Salem has been away from home for three games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Marlington Dukes at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Salem finally turned things around against United on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Golden Eagles out 3-2.
Salem was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-101), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 13-25, 25-16, 20-25, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Marlington had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Blue Streaks with a sharp 3-0 win.
Marlington never let Beaumont School on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-22, 25-21.
Marlington can attribute much of their success to Claire Battershell, who had seven digs and two aces.
Salem's victory bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Marlington, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Salem might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Marlington in their previous matchup on September 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marlington's Cali Young, who had seven digs and two aces. Now that Salem knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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