The Erie Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Monarch Coyotes at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Erie will be strutting in after a victory while Monarch will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, everything went Erie's way against Frederick as Erie made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Erie took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-14, 25-9.
Erie's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Avery Malek, who had nine digs and four aces. That's the most aces Malek has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige VanderWeit, who had five aces and ten assists.
She wasn't the only good server: Erie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Monarch came up short against Holy Family on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Erie has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Monarch, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Erie was able to grind out a solid win over Monarch when the teams last played back in September of 2022, winning 3-1. Does Erie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Monarch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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