After flying high against Hinkley last Thursday, Denver East came back down to earth. The Denver East Angels took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Heritage Eagles on Tuesday. The Angels' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Denver East actually scored more points across those four sets (89-88), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-22, 13-25, 25-20.
Even though they lost, Denver East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Denver East's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4. As for Heritage, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-12 record this season.
Denver East wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-0 defeat against Denver South on the 17th. Heritage has also already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Colorado Academy on the 18th.
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