Maiden is 10-0 against East Burke since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Maiden Blue Devils will host the East Burke Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Maiden sitting on eight straight victories and East Burke on five.
On Tuesday, Maiden earned a 3-1 win over Newton-Conover.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18.
Meanwhile, everything went East Burke's way against West Caldwell on Tuesday as East Burke made off with a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 25-9, 25-17.
Sarah Angel and Hermione Garro were among the main playmakers for East Burke as the former had 12 digs and four aces and the latter had 11 digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Angel a new career-high in aces.
East Burke 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 contests.
Maiden pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Burke, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Maiden took their win against East Burke when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Maiden repeat their success, or does East Burke have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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