Belleville East is 0-10 against Edwardsville since October of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Belleville East Lancers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Edwardsville Tigers at 5:30 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Belleville East came up short against O'Fallon and fell 2-0.
While Belleville East ultimately came up short, they really made O'Fallon work, particularly in the second set. The final score came out to 25-17, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville was able to grind out a solid win over Collinsville on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Edwardsville's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Collinsville between 17 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-18.
Edwardsville can attribute much of their success to Grace Malawy, who had nine digs and three aces, and Savannah Ford, who had five digs, four aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Ford has posted since back in September.
Edwardsville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in nine consecutive matchups.
Belleville East's loss dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Edwardsville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
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