First Flight has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Northeastern Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
First Flight can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. Everything went their way against Pasquotank County as First Flight made off with a 51-25 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-4.
Meanwhile, Northeastern strolled past Currituck County with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 58-41. The win made it back-to-back wins for Northeastern.
First Flight's win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Northeastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
First Flight ended up a good deal behind Northeastern in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, losing 46-30. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northeastern's Jasmine Felton, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 21 rebounds. Now that First Flight knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
