Mount Desert Island is 9-1 against Ellsworth since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mount Desert Island Trojans will be playing at home against the Ellsworth Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Mount Desert Island is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Mount Desert Island is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: George Stevens Academy, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Mount Desert Island was ranked eighth). Mount Desert Island came out on top against George Stevens Academy by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Ellsworth sidestepped Brewer for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Ellsworth was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-17, 15-8.
Ellsworth was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive contests.
Mount Desert Island has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Ellsworth, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
Mount Desert Island was able to grind out a solid victory over Ellsworth when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Does Mount Desert Island have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ellsworth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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