Volleyball Recap: Lawndale Cardinals vs. Leuzinger Olympians
Lawndale waltzed into their match on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Leuzinger Olympians with a sharp 3-0 win. This was payback for the Cardinals, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-20, 28-26.
Lawndale found their leader in underclassman Evangelina Martin, who had four aces and 29 assists. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in aces.
Lawndale's victory ended an 11-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-7. As for Leuzinger, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals challenges Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lawndale is facing Hawthorne at the right time seeing as Hawthorne is stuck on a 15-game losing streak. As for Leuzinger, they will face off against Centennial at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
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