The Montpelier Solons will face off against the Mt. Abraham Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Montpelier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Middlebury, who was ranked second at the time (Montpelier was ranked 14th). The Solons took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers on Saturday. The Solons haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-19, 17-25, 25-14.
Despite the defeat, Montpelier had strong showings from Alexandra Cook, who had 13 digs, and Abigail Hess, who had five digs. Olivia Harris also deserves some recognition as she had her first kills of the season.
Meanwhile, Mt. Abraham sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Randolph on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-99) Mt. Abraham actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 15-25, 15-13.
Montpelier's loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Mt. Abraham, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8.
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