The Eastern Mennonite Flames will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the New Covenant Gryphons at 5:45 p.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, everything went Eastern Mennonite's way against Stuart Hall as Eastern Mennonite made off with a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-12, 25-18, 25-12.
Meanwhile, New Covenant made easy work of Southwest Virginia Academy on Friday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: New Covenant took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-15, 25-16.
New Covenant's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jocelyn Walker, who had five digs and 39 assists, and Elle Vollmer, who had eight digs and four aces. Walker is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted nine or more in the last 40 games she's played dating back to last season.
New Covenant was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 10.8.
Eastern Mennonite's record now sits at 4-1. As for New Covenant, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-2 record this season.
Eastern Mennonite might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from New Covenant in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Eastern Mennonite avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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