Georgetown Day and Episcopal are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Episcopal Maroon at 4:30 p.m. Episcopal took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Georgetown Day, who comes in off a win.
Georgetown Day is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Holton-Arms, who was ranked 19th at the time (Georgetown Day was ranked first). Georgetown Day blew past Holton-Arms 3-0 on Thursday.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Georgetown Day took every set by at least 13 points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-12, 25-8.
Georgetown Day can attribute much of their success to Alexa Gillespie, who had three digs and three aces, and Leia Levine, who had three aces. That's the most aces Levine has posted in her last five matches.
Georgetown Day was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Episcopal came up short against Flint Hill on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Maroon have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Episcopal had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 17 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-19, 25-17.
Georgetown Day's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for Episcopal, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Everything went Georgetown Day's way against Episcopal in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Georgetown Day made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Georgetown Day since the team 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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