The George Stevens Academy Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Narraguagus Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. George Stevens Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Narraguagus will be coming in after a loss.
George Stevens Academy will bounce into Friday's game after beating Calais, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. George Stevens Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Calais on Wednesday, sneaking past 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was George Stevens Academy who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 15-25, 26-24, 13-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Narraguagus unfortunately witnessed the end of their 15-game winning streak dating back to last season on Monday. They fell 3-1 to Mount Desert Island.
Narraguagus took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-16.
Despite the defeat, Narraguagus had strong showings from Eileen Berry, who had 11 digs, and Karmen Thompson, who had six digs and two aces. That's the most aces Thompson has posted since back in October of 2023.
Even though they lost, Narraguagus was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in 16 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
George Stevens Academy's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Narraguagus, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
George Stevens Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Narraguagus in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can George Stevens Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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