The Ellet Orangemen will challenge the Firestone Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Firestone is hoping to do what North couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Ellet's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Everything went Ellet's way against North as Ellet made off with a 3-0 victory.
Ellet was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-21.
Ellet was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Firestone, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Buchtel on Tuesday.
While Firestone won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-9, 25-22.
Firestone can attribute much of their success to Tiara Williams, who had eight digs and four aces.
Ellet has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-12 record this season. As for Firestone, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-8.
Ellet beat Firestone 3-1 in their previous matchup on Thursday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ellet 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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