The Eagle Mountain Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Springtown Porcupines at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Springtown took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Eagle Mountain, who comes in off a win.
Eagle Mountain took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Krum with a sharp 3-0 win.
Eagle Mountain never let Krum on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-17, 25-18.
Eagle Mountain can attribute much of their success to Brooke Lacewell, who had 24 kills and 12 digs, and Lexi Nichols, who had 26 digs and two aces. Lacewell is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had nine or more in the last ten games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Bill, who had five digs, a kill, and 24 assists.
Eagle Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Springtown unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Krum by a score of 3-2.
Springtown wouldn't go down easily and took Krum into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The final score came out to 25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-11.
Eagle Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 21-17 record this season. As for Springtown, their loss dropped their record down to 24-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Eagle Mountain hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 4.3 blocks per game. It's a different story for Springtown, though, as they've been averaging only 0.9. Given Eagle Mountain's sizable advantage in that area, Springtown will need to find a way to close that gap.
Eagle Mountain came up short against Springtown in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Eagle Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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