Volleyball Preview: Lake Region Thunder vs. George Jenkins Eagles
The Lake Region Thunder will head out on the road to face off against the George Jenkins Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Lake Region sitting on five straight victories and George Jenkins on four.
On Tuesday, Lake Region made easy work of Mulberry and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lake Region was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-15, 25-8.
Lake Region's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Margaret Jenkins, who had 14 digs. Jenkins is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Lake Region was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, George Jenkins got the win against Ridge Community last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
George Jenkins was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-18, 25-20.
Lake Region is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for George Jenkins, their win bumped their record up to 14-4.
Lake Region came up short against George Jenkins when the teams last played back in October of 2015, falling 2-0. Can Lake Region avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
