After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Chatfield, Dover-Eyota was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs 3-2. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Eagles as it put an end to their six-game losing streak.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Dover-Eyota got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 24-26, 25-20, 17-25, 15-5.
Dover-Eyota's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aubrey Foster led the charge by getting five digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Foster a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Kala Deutmeyer, who had ten digs.
Dover-Eyota was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Dover-Eyota's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-9. As for Plainview-Elgin-Millville, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-15.
Dover-Eyota has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 victory against Lake City on the 7th. As for Plainview-Elgin-Millville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 loss against Rushford-Peterson on the 3rd.
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