After both having extra time off, the Ellet Orangemen and the Alliance Aviators will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ellet is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.
Last Thursday, Ellet beat Firestone 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Alliance came into Thursday's game having lost 13 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Chaney 3-0 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Aviators have posted since August 31st.
Alliance's got stronger as the match went on, holding Chaney to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-14, 25-8.
Alliance was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Ellet has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Alliance, their victory ended a nine-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-18.
Ellet suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Alliance when the teams last played back in October of 2019. Can Ellet avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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