East Grand Rapids has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to face off against the Christian Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
East Grand Rapids and West Catholic faced off in a cross-town battle on Saturday. East Grand Rapids won by a set and slipped past West Catholic 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was East Grand Rapids who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 28-30, 15-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Grand Rapids to victory, but perhaps none more so than Heidi White, who had five digs and 16 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Stanley-Eldred, who had 21 digs, two aces, and a kill.
Meanwhile, Christian was able to grind out a solid win over East Grand Rapids on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
While Christian won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 29-27, 25-16.
East Grand Rapids pushed their record up to 25-9-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-9 record this season.
East Grand Rapids came up short against Christian when the teams last played on Tuesday, falling 2-0. Can East Grand Rapids avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
