Austin and Eastern are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. The Austin Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Eastern Musketeers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
On Monday, Austin sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over West Washington.
Austin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 16-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Eastern made easy work of Salem on Monday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Eastern was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-11, 25-13.
Austin pushed their record up to 11-13 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Eastern, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Austin beat Eastern 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Does Austin have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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