Spokane hasn't had much luck against Blue Eye recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Spokane Owls will look to defend their home court against the Blue Eye Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Spokane is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Spokane will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Forsyth, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Spokane came out on top against Forsyth by a score of 3-1 on Monday.
Spokane was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-14, 25-21.
Spokane had a senior duo take command as Makenna Gideon had eight digs and two aces and Hannah Evans had 21 digs and a kill. That's the most aces Gideon has posted in her last 11 games.
Spokane was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Blue Eye was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fordland.
Blue Eye was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Fordland work for it, especially in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16.
Spokane has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8-4 record this season. As for Blue Eye, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9-1.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Spokane has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Blue Eye struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Spokane's way against Blue Eye when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Spokane made off with a 3-0 win. Does Spokane have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blue Eye turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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