Saranac is 1-9 against Beekmantown since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Saranac Spartans will look to defend their home court against the Beekmantown Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Saranac was able to grind out a solid victory over Northern Adirondack, taking the game 3-1.
Saranac walked away with the win (but they looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 22-25, 25-13, 25-16.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Beekmantown, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They put the hurt on Northeastern Clinton with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Beekmantown was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-5, 25-6.
Beekmantown's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Sawyer Fleming, who had nine kills, eight aces, and eight aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Perry, who had 13 digs and seven aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Beekmantown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
The win got Saranac back to even at 2-2. As for Beekmantown, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Saranac suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Beekmantown when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Saranac avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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