On Thursday, Mount Desert Island faced Ellsworth in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mount Desert Island Trojans fell just short of the Ellsworth Eagles by a score of 3-2. The Trojans were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Eagles apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Mount Desert Island sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-16, 19-25, 25-22, 12-25, 15-13.
Mount Desert Island's loss came despite strong showings from Cora VanDongen and Daley Foss. VanDongen had 11 digs, while Foss had nine kills and eight digs. What's more, Foss also posted a 26.3% hitting percentage, which is the highestshe's posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, Mount Desert Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 13 consecutive matchups.
Ellsworth can attribute much of their success to Mikayla Rome, who had seven digs and 16 assists.
Mount Desert Island moved to 9-4 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Ellsworth, they pushed their record up to 9-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Mount Desert Island will take on Bucksport at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ellsworth does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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