The Eagle Mountain Knights will head out to take on the Decatur Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Eagle Mountain is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, Eagle Mountain got the win against Lake Worth by a conclusive 3-0.
Eagle Mountain walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-21, 25-13, 25-16.
Eagle Mountain can attribute much of their success to Keoni Williams, who had 13 kills and two blocks, and Brooke Lacewell, who had 13 kills, 11 digs, and two blocks. Williams has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last 13 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Zoe Hawthorne, who had four kills and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Eagle Mountain 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 11 aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Decatur unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Krum by a score of 3-2.
Decatur wouldn't go down easily and took Krum into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 18-16.
Eagle Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 20-16 record this season. As for Decatur, their loss dropped their record down to 18-12.
Eagle Mountain came up short against Decatur in their previous meeting back in August, falling 2-0. Can Eagle Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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