Mountain Empire won the last time they faced Julian, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Mountain Empire Redhawks came out on top against the Julian Eagles by a score of 3-1.
After all that action, the final score was 25-23, 25-19, 22-25, 25-20.
Rowan Smith was a one-man wrecking crew for Mountain Empire as she had 24 digs and six aces. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in aces.
Mountain Empire was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matchups.
Despite the loss, Julian still got an impressive performance from Cami Siraton, who had six aces and three digs. Siraton has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last five times she's played.
Mountain Empire is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Julian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Mountain Empire will have a chance to go back-to-back against Julian: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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