On Monday Elk Creek will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Princeton Eagles at 5:30 p.m.
Elk Creek came up short against Loyalton on Friday, falling 3-0.
While Elk Creek was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the first set. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-14, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Princeton had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Grizzlies with a sharp 3-0 win.
While Princeton won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 26-23.
Guadalupe Espinoza had a dynamite game for Princeton, getting ten aces and five digs. The dominant performance gave Espinoza a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Natalia Haro, who had six aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Princeton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 13 consecutive games.
Elk Creek dropped their record down to 0-8 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Princeton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season.
Elk Creek suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Princeton when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Espinoza, who had five aces, two kills, and 26 assists. Now that Elk Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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