After losing to Northeast Dubois the last time they met, Eastern Greene decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds came out on top in a nail-biter against the Northeast Dubois Jeeps on Saturday, sneaking past 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Thunderbirds.
Eastern Greene was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-18, 20-18.
Eastern Greene was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Despite the loss, Northeast Dubois saw an underclassman step up: Adalie Kalb had ten digs and six aces. With that strong performance, Kalb is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game.
Eastern Greene's win bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Northeast Dubois, their defeat was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-9.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing West Washington the next time they take the court. Eastern Greene will head out to face West Washington at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, while Northeast Dubois will play them later in the day, at 9:00 a.m.
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