Austin-East is 0-5 against West since August of 2017 but things could change on Wednesday. The Austin-East Roadrunners will venture away from home to take on the West Rebels at 6:00 p.m.
Austin-East is headed into Wednesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Monday. They came up short against Pigeon Forge, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-16.
Despite the defeat, Austin-East saw an underclassman step up: TaDasha Harper had 11 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Harper a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, West posted their biggest victory since September 5th on Monday. They blew past Karns 3-0.
West never let Karns on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-14, 25-17.
Austin-East's loss dropped their record down to 2-22. As for West, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Austin-East might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from West when the teams last played back in August. Can Austin-East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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