On Thursday, Cape Elizabeth faced York in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cape Elizabeth Capers fell 3-1 to the York Wildcats. The loss was the Capers' first of the season.
Cape Elizabeth started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14.
Even though they lost, Cape Elizabeth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive contests.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cape Elizabeth fell to 3-1. As for York, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Cape Elizabeth will head out to challenge Yarmouth at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Yarmouth will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Cape Elizabeth surely won't give up without a fight. As for York, they will square off against Kennebunk at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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