The Grove City Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Greenville Trojans at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Grove City will head out to face Greenville after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Grove City fell just short of Mercer by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that the Eagles let down their fans at home.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Grove City lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Even though they lost, Grove City was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 23 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Greenville didn't have quite enough to beat Sharon back in September and fell 3-2.
Greenville actually scored more points across those five sets (100-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 13-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-9.
Grove City's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-4-1. As for Greenville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4-1 record this season.
Grove City came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenville when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 1-0. Will Grove City repeat their success, or does Greenville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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