The Eastlake Wolves have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Skyline Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Eastlake made easy work of Lake Washington and carried off a 3-0 win.
Eastlake never let Lake Washington on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-17.
Eastlake relied on the efforts of Zoe Pound, who had 13 digs, and Renna Chow, who had three digs and two aces. Pound is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played.
Meanwhile, Skyline came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Eagles.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-17, 15-25, 25-19.
Skyline can attribute much of their success to Piper Hawryluk, who had ten digs, three aces, and two kills, and Nicole Matsuda, who had 15 digs.
Eastlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Skyline, they pushed their record up to 12-10-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Eastlake has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Skyline struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Eastlake was able to grind out a solid victory over Skyline when the teams last played back in October, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hawryluk, who had three digs, three aces, and a kill. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eastlake still be able to contain Hawryluk? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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