Volleyball Preview: Pershing County Mustangs vs. North Tahoe Lakers
Pershing County is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while North Tahoe is on a 17-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Pershing County Mustangs will welcome the North Tahoe Lakers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long.
Last Saturday, Pershing County narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Incline 3-2.
Pershing County 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 19-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-13, 16-14.
It was another big night for Raegan Burrows, who had 66 digs, 33 kills, three aces, and a block. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Arya Garland, who had 52 digs.
Pershing County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went North Tahoe's way against Oasis Academy on Friday as North Tahoe made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant North Tahoe was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-13, 25-11.
Among those leading the charge was Dawna Li, who had four digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August.
Pershing County's victory bumped their record up to 24-3. As for North Tahoe, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Pershing County has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11 aces per game. However, it's not like North Tahoe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Pershing County came out on top in a nail-biter against North Tahoe in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Pershing County repeat their success, or does North Tahoe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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