The Mt. Abraham Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Montpelier Solons at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Montpelier took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mt. Abraham, who comes in off a win.
Mt. Abraham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Randolph, who was ranked 12th at the time (Mt. Abraham was ranked 17th). The Eagles skirted past the Ghosts 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-99) Mt. Abraham actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 15-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Montpelier came up short against Middlebury on Saturday and fell 3-1. The Solons haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-19, 17-25, 25-14.
Mt. Abraham will have to keep a close watch on Alexandra Cook and Abigail Hess, a pair of players who had a big impact on Montpelier's prior game. Cook had 13 digs, while Hess had five digs. Olivia Harris also deserves some recognition as she had her first kills of the season.
Montpelier's loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Mt. Abraham, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8.
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