The Eagle Mountain Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Burkburnett Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Eagle Mountain took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Krum 3-0.
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's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brooke Lacewell, who had 24 kills and 12 digs, and Lexi Nichols, who had 26 digs and two aces. Lacewell has been hot recently, having posted nine or more kills the last ten times 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 games.
Meanwhile, Burkburnett had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Bridgeport on Tuesday.
While Burkburnett won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-16, 26-24, 25-15.
Eagle Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 21-17 record this season. As for Burkburnett, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-16.
Eagle Mountain took their victory against Burkburnett when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eagle Mountain since the squad 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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