The Mead Mavericks will take on the Erie Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mead sitting on four straight wins and Erie on seven.
Last Thursday, everything went Mead's way against Holy Family as Mead made off with a 3-0 victory.
Mead was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-11, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Erie made easy work of Holy Family on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Erie's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-15, 25-9.
Erie's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Devon Twito led the charge by getting four digs and four aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Malek, who had 13 digs.
Erie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matchups.
Mead's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Erie, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Mead suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Erie when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Malek, who had six digs, four aces, and three kills. Now that Mead knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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