Volleyball Preview: North Tahoe Lakers vs. Incline Highlanders
North Tahoe has been away from home for three games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. After both having extra time off, they and the Incline Highlanders will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, North Tahoe had just enough and edged Sierra Lutheran out 3-2.
North Tahoe 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, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 15-12.
North Tahoe can attribute much of their success to Marlo Johnson, who had 16 digs and four aces, and Dawna Li, who had 12 aces and seven digs. What's more, Li also posted a -100% hitting percentage, which is the highestshe's posted since back in September.
North Tahoe was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 18 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Incline got the win against Silver Stage on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Incline never let Silver Stage on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 26-24, 25-20.
Incline's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was SADY KELLY, who had four digs, two kills, and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of LILI MORRISON, who had 16 digs.
North Tahoe is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Incline, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
North Tahoe was able to grind out a solid win over Incline in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was MORRISON, who had 21 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Tahoe still be able to contain MORRISON? There's only one way to find out.
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