Volleyball Preview: Lathrop Mules vs. East Buchanan Bulldogs
Lathrop is 2-8 against East Buchanan since October of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lathrop Mules will host the East Buchanan Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Lathrop sitting on three straight wins and East Buchanan on four.
Last Monday, Lathrop got the win against Wellington-Napoleon by a conclusive 3-0.
Lathrop walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 27-25.
Plattsburg typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday East Buchanan proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 3-1.
East Buchanan was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 14-25, 25-23, 25-12.
Lathrop's win bumped their record up to 11-18-2. As for East Buchanan, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-4-3 record this season.
Lathrop came up short against East Buchanan in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Lathrop avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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