After both having extra time off, the Northeast Dubois Jeeps and the Evansville Christian Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northeast Dubois took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Southridge as Northeast Dubois made off with a 3-0 win.
Northeast Dubois was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-15, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Evansville Christian had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Evansville Christian was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-10, 25-5.
Allie Foreman was nothing short of spectacular: she had eight aces. Those eight aces gave her a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Evansville Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive games.
Northeast Dubois has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-13 record this season. As for Evansville Christian, they pushed their record up to 21-7 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Northeast Dubois hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 4.4 blocks per game. It's a different story for Evansville Christian, though, as they've been averaging only 1.5. Given Northeast Dubois' sizable advantage in that area, Evansville Christian will need to find a way to close that gap.
Northeast Dubois suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Evansville Christian when the teams last played back in August. Can Northeast Dubois avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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