Eastern and Carroll are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Eastern Comets will stay at home for another game and welcome the Carroll Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eastern will be strutting in after a win while Carroll will be coming in after a defeat.
Eastern will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Northwestern, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Eastern put the hurt on Northwestern with a sharp 3-0 victory on Wednesday.
Eastern's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Northwestern between 15 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-15, 25-17.
Eastern's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Katie Hendricks, who had 13 digs and five aces, and Savannah Smith, who had six digs and three aces. Hendricks is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season.
Eastern 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 five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Carroll lost 3-0 to Tri-County last Tuesday. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-8, 25-15.
Eastern's win was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-4. As for Carroll, their loss dropped their record down to 3-22.
Everything went Eastern's way against Carroll when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Eastern made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Eastern repeat their success, or does Carroll have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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