Volleyball Preview: Sonoraville Phoenix vs. LaFayette Ramblers
Sonoraville is 2-8 against LaFayette since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Sonoraville Phoenix will challenge the LaFayette Ramblers at 10:00 a.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Sonoraville took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They skirted past Adairsville 2-1.
Sonoraville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-14, 15-9.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday LaFayette sidestepped Chattooga for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Ramblers.
LaFayette was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (61-57), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Sonoraville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-14 record this season. As for LaFayette, their win bumped their record up to 19-12.
Sonoraville came out on top in a nail-biter against LaFayette in their previous matchup last Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. Will Sonoraville repeat their success, or does LaFayette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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