Volleyball Preview: Assumption Mustangs vs. South Lafourche Tarpons
Assumption has won six straight games at home, while South Lafourche has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Assumption Mustangs will host the South Lafourche Tarpons at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, everything went Assumption's way against South Terrebonne as Assumption made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-18, 25-13.
Meanwhile, South Lafourche had just enough and edged Terrebonne out 3-2 on Thursday.
South Lafourche was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17, 15-10.
South Lafourche's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Carmen Orgeron, who had eight digs and two aces. That's the most aces Orgeron has posted since back in October of 2023.
South Lafourche was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive contests.
Assumption is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-16 record this season. As for South Lafourche, their win bumped their record up to 22-8.
Assumption took their victory against South Lafourche in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Assumption have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Lafourche turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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