The Eastern Musketeers will venture away from home to take on the Salem Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Salem took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Eastern, who comes in off a win.
Eastern can't be too worried about heading out to take on Salem: they just beat Borden at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Everything went Eastern's way against Borden on Thursday as Eastern made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Musketeers.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-17, 25-13.
Eastern was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Salem came up short against Corydon Central on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Lions have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The final score came out to 25-23, 25-5, 25-22.
Eastern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Eastern was able to grind out a solid win over Salem in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Will Eastern repeat their success, or does Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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