The Yonkers Montessori Academy Eagles will square off against the North Salem Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
While Eagles fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They blew past Haldane 3-0 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Eagles have posted since September 20, 2023.
While Yonkers Montessori Academy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-9, 28-26, 25-19.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when North Salem challenged The Leffell School on Thursday. Everything went North Salem's way against The Leffell School as North Salem made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant North Salem was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-12, 25-13.
North Salem was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive games.
Yonkers Montessori Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against North Salem when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Yonkers Montessori Academy 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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