The Eastern Warriors are on the road again on Wednesday to play the New Lexington Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
Eastern lost 3-0 to Lynchburg-Clay on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost four in a row.
Eastern was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-23, 25-11.
Meanwhile, New Lexington had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They blew past the Electrics 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant New Lexington was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-9, 25-14.
New Lexington can attribute much of their success to Gracie Newlon, who had 14 digs and three aces, and Addison Wycinski, who had 13 digs. Newlon is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
New Lexington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive contests.
Eastern's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for New Lexington, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-5.
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