The Decatur Eagles will take on the Eagle Mountain Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Decatur is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Krum just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 3-2.
Decatur took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Eagle Mountain entered their tilt with Lake Worth on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Bullfrogs 3-0.
Eagle Mountain was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-13, 25-16.
Eagle Mountain relied on the efforts of Keoni Williams, who had 13 kills and two blocks, and Brooke Lacewell, who had 13 kills, 11 digs, and two blocks. Williams has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last 13 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zoe Hawthorne, who had four kills and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Eagle Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive contests.
Decatur's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-12. As for Eagle Mountain, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-16 record this season.
Decatur beat Eagle Mountain 2-0 in their previous matchup back in August. Will Decatur repeat their success, or does Eagle Mountain have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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