Eastmark came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles , sneaking past 3-2. For the Firebirds, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 victory the Eagles walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October.
Eastmark wouldn't go down easily and took ALA - Gilbert North into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 25-23, 24-26, 23-25, 25-12, 18-16.
Eastmark was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in ten consecutive games.
Despite the loss, ALA - Gilbert North had strong showings from Kalley Cutchen, who had ten digs and three aces, and Kylie Christiansen, who hit 66.7% for five kills and 16 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Cutchen has posted since back in October.
Eastmark pushed their record up to 14-10 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for ALA - Gilbert North, they moved to 24-11 with that defeat, which also ended their eight-game winning streak.
Eastmark has already played their next match, a 3-1 victory against Poston Butte on the 30th. As for ALA - Gilbert North, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Combs on the 30th.
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