East Lake is 10-0 against Dunedin since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Lake Eagles are on the road again to play the Dunedin Falcons at 7:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, East Lake made easy work of Tarpon Springs and carried off a 3-0 win.
While East Lake might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Tarpon Springs scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-10, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Dunedin got the win against Lakewood on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
A big factor in the win was Dunedin's feisty defense: they held Lakewood to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-8.
Dunedin's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aryn Steinbrueck, who had five aces, and Aubrey Palmer, who had six aces. The dominant performance gave Palmer a new career-high in aces.
Dunedin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 13.8.
East Lake is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Dunedin, their victory bumped their record up to 9-3.
Everything went East Lake's way against Dunedin in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as East Lake made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Lake since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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