The Jamestown Eagles will take on the Churchland Truckers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Jamestown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Tuesday, Jamestown came out on top against Smithfield by a score of 3-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Jamestown not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Smithfield between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-18, 25-16.
Jamestown relied on the efforts of Kira Van Deusen, who had 16 digs and four aces, and Senah Drazdowski, who had five digs and five aces. Those five aces gave Drazdowski a new career-high.
Jamestown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Smithfield only served five.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Churchland had no problem doing just that on Monday. They blew past the Mustangs 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Truckers.
Churchland is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-15 record this season. As for Jamestown, their record is now 13-10-1.
Jamestown took their win against Churchland in their previous meeting back in November of 2014 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jamestown since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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