The Salem Lions will challenge the Eastern Musketeers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Salem lost 3-0 to Corydon Central on Thursday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-5, 25-22.
Borden typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Eastern proved too difficult a challenge. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Braves. 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 matches.
Salem's defeat dropped their record down to 8-16. As for Eastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Salem came up short against Eastern in their previous matchup back in August, falling 2-0. Can Salem avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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