On Tuesday Spring Mills will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. After both having extra time off, they and the Hedgesville Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Spring Mills is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Martinsburg, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Spring Mills was ranked 16th). Everything went Spring Mills' way against Martinsburg on Tuesday as Spring Mills made off with a 3-0 win.
Spring Mills never let Martinsburg on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-19.
Spring Mills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Hedgesville entered their tilt with Washington on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Patriots.
The victory didn't come easy: Washington scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-11, 25-15.
Hedgesville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Alexa Smith, who had nine digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylee Anne East, who had three digs and two aces.
Spring Mills' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-9-1. As for Hedgesville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 23-3-1 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Spring Mills has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Hedgesville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Spring Mills might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Hedgesville in their previous meeting back in August. Can Spring Mills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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