The Eastlake Falcons will square off against the Pebble Hills Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Eastlake's favor as the squad sits on 12 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Pebble Hills has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Last Tuesday, Eastlake made easy work of Socorro and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Eastlake took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Pebble Hills had to endure a ten-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged Socorro out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Pebble Hills took Socorro into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-15, 28-26, 18-25, 15-6.
Lauren Velez went supernova for Pebble Hills, getting 25 digs. Velez has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more digs the last seven times she's played.
Eastlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 21 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 33-4 record this season. As for Pebble Hills, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-20.
Eastlake took their win against Pebble Hills in their previous matchup on October 1st by a conclusive 3-0. Does Eastlake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pebble Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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