After both having extra time off, the Skyline Eagles and the West Panthers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Skyline sitting on eight straight victories and West on three.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Skyline faced off against Alta on Tuesday. Skyline was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Alta.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Skyline took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-12, 25-13.
Meanwhile, West earned a 3-1 win over Olympus on Tuesday.
The match was exciting from start to finish, as three sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 24-26, 26-24, 27-25.
Lizet Hernandez-Cortes was a one-man wrecking crew for West as she had 15 digs and three aces. Hernandez-Cortes has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
West was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive games.
Skyline's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-2. As for West, their win bumped their record up to 10-11.
Skyline took their victory against West when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Skyline repeat their success, or does West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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