Volleyball Preview: Carlsbad Lancers vs. Poway Titans
The Carlsbad Lancers will challenge the Poway Titans at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Poway took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Carlsbad, who comes in off a win.
Poway is hoping to do what Point Loma couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Carlsbad's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Carlsbad came out on top against Point Loma by a score of 3-1.
Carlsbad had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the nexttwo. After all that action, the final score was 13-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-19.
Olivia Town went supernova for Carlsbad, getting 19 digs and eight aces. Town is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had four or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Delaney Fitzpatrick-Hill, who had 11 digs and 16 assists.
Carlsbad was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 10.
Meanwhile, Poway lost 3-0 to Christian on Monday. The Titans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-20, 25-13.
Carlsbad pushed their record up to 9-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Poway, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
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