After both having extra time off, the Fairfield Lions and the Eastern Eagles will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Fairfield is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Last Tuesday, Fairfield made easy work of Peebles and carried off a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Eastern got the win against Green last Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
One reason for the win was Eastern's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-7, 25-6.
Eastern was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 26 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Fairfield has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Eastern, their victory bumped their record up to 17-5.
Fairfield came up short against Eastern in their previous meeting back in September of 2015, falling 2-0. Can Fairfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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