Volleyball Preview: Turtle Lake Lakers vs. Clayton Bears
Turtle Lake is 9-1 against Clayton since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Turtle Lake Lakers will venture away from home to take on the Clayton Bears at 7:15 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Turtle Lake took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Clear Lake out 3-2. The win was some much needed relief for the Lakers as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-99) Turtle Lake actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 18-25, 14-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Clayton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Prairie Farm on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Clayton took Prairie Farm into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Clayton 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.
Turtle Lake's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-23. As for Clayton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-17 record this season.
Turtle Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against Clayton in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Turtle Lake since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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