Volleyball Preview: DeSoto Central Jaguars vs. Lewisburg Patriots
DeSoto Central is 1-9 against Lewisburg since August of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The DeSoto Central Jaguars will venture away from home to challenge the Lewisburg Patriots at 6:00 p.m. DeSoto Central is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
DeSoto Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Oxford, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (DeSoto Central was ranked 14th). DeSoto Central walked away with a 3-1 win over Oxford on Thursday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 25-16.
DeSoto Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Lewisburg entered their tilt with Southaven on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Chargers with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Lewisburg took every set by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-13, 25-16.
DeSoto Central's record is now 16-7. As for Lewisburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
DeSoto Central suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lewisburg in their previous matchup last Thursday. Can DeSoto Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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