Volleyball Preview: Lindale Eagles vs. Mabank Panthers
The Lindale Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Mabank Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lindale is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Friday, everything went Lindale's way against Canton as Lindale made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win Lindale has posted against Canton since August 14, 2020.
A big factor in the win was Lindale's feisty defense: they held Canton to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-23, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Mabank earned a 3-1 victory over Kemp on Tuesday.
Mabank was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-13, 25-12, 25-12.
Madisyn Roberts and Averyhenderson5 Avery Henderson were among the main playmakers for Mabank as the former had eight digs, five kills, and four aces and the latter had four digs, three aces, and two kills. The dominant performance gave Avery Henderson a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Khilyn Wilkinson, who had 11 digs.
Mabank was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Lindale has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 29-7 record this season. As for Mabank, their win bumped their record up to 12-13.
Lindale took their victory against Mabank in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lindale since the team 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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