The Garrett Morgan Falcons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Our Lady of the Elms Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Garrett Morgan didn't have quite enough to beat Campus International and fell 3-2.
Garrett Morgan took Campus International into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 28-26, 24-26, 25-20, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of the Elms came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Lions 3-0. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Our Lady of the Elms was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-10, 25-14.
Our Lady of the Elms can attribute much of their success to Mariah Taylor, who had six aces.
Taylor wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Our Lady of the Elms was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in eight consecutive contests.
Garrett Morgan now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Our Lady of the Elms, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
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