The Cape Elizabeth Capers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the York Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cape Elizabeth will be strutting in after a win while York will be coming in after a loss.
Cape Elizabeth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Messalonskee, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Cape Elizabeth was ranked fifth). Cape Elizabeth came out on top against Messalonskee by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 25-14.
Meanwhile, York entered their game against Yarmouth on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. York fell just short of Yarmouth by a score of 3-2. The loss was the Wildcats' first of the season.
York took Yarmouth into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-17, 24-26, 13-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, York was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in four consecutive contests.
Cape Elizabeth's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for York, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Cape Elizabeth suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to York in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Cape Elizabeth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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