Volleyball Preview: Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers vs. Eastern Lebanon County Raiders
Lampeter-Strasburg is 3-0 against Eastern Lebanon County since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Lampeter-Strasburg will be strutting in after a victory while Eastern Lebanon County will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Lampeter-Strasburg sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Ephrata. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pioneers.
Lampeter-Strasburg wouldn't go down easily and took Ephrata into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Eastern Lebanon County and Garden Spot met for a duel last Tuesday where Eastern Lebanon County couldn't get it done. Eastern Lebanon County lost 3-0 to Garden Spot.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-20, 25-13.
The victory got Lampeter-Strasburg back to even at 5-5-1. As for Eastern Lebanon County, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10-1 record this season.
Lampeter-Strasburg was able to grind out a solid win over Eastern Lebanon County when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lampeter-Strasburg 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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