The Jonesport-Beals Royals will take on the Machias Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Jonesport-Beals is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Narraguagus, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Jonesport-Beals was ranked 17th). Jonesport-Beals came up short against Narraguagus on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Royals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-15, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Machias waltzed into their matchup on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Dragons.
Machias never let Woodland on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-22, 25-21.
Machias can attribute much of their success to Elayna VanOrmer, who had seven digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Machias was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in five consecutive games.
Jonesport-Beals' loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Machias, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Jonesport-Beals suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Machias in their previous meeting last Thursday. Can Jonesport-Beals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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