Jackson-Reed is 7-0 against Eastern since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Jackson-Reed Tigers will head out to challenge the Eastern Ramblers at 6:15 p.m. Jackson-Reed will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Jackson-Reed is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Dunbar, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Jackson-Reed was ranked sixth). Jackson-Reed came out on top against Dunbar by a score of 2-0 on Thursday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Jackson-Reed took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Ida Steinberg, who had four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Eastern came up short against School Without Walls on Thursday and fell 2-0. The Ramblers haven't had much luck with the Penguins recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
The final score came out to 25-2, 25-16.
Jackson-Reed's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Eastern, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Jackson-Reed beat Eastern 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Jackson-Reed repeat their success, or does Eastern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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