The Bristol Eastern Lancers are taking a road trip to square off against the Bristol Central Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Bristol Eastern got the win against Berlin by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lancers.
While Bristol Eastern won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-16, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Bristol Central waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Blue Dragons.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bristol Central was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-10.
Bristol Central can attribute much of their success to Sandra Lobeski, who had five aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Lobeski a new career-high in aces.
Bristol Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive games.
Bristol Eastern's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-7. As for Bristol Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Bristol Eastern has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Bristol Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Bristol Eastern suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bristol Central when the teams last played back in September. Can Bristol Eastern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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