The East Rockingham Eagles will head out to challenge the Rocktown Raptors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Rockingham has seven straight victories, Rocktown has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, East Rockingham made easy work of William Monroe and carried off a 3-0 win.
East Rockingham never let William Monroe on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-11, 25-22.
East Rockingham can attribute much of their success to Alison Hooke, who had 28 assists, and Makenzie Dooms, who had five aces and three digs. That's the most aces Dooms has posted since back in September.
East Rockingham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 12 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Rocktown didn't have quite enough to beat William Monroe on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
East Rockingham is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. As for Rocktown, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything went East Rockingham's way against Rocktown in their previous meeting back in September, as East Rockingham made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Rockingham since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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