Volleyball Preview: Lawrence Free State Firebirds vs. Olathe East Hawks
Lawrence Free State is 8-2 against Olathe East since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lawrence Free State Firebirds will face off against the Olathe East Hawks at 6:30 p.m. Lawrence Free State will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Lawrence Free State is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since October 3rd on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Shawnee Mission South as Lawrence Free State made off with a 3-0 win.
While Lawrence Free State won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-22, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Olathe East made easy work of Shawnee Mission North on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Olathe East never let Shawnee Mission North on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-11, 25-23.
Olathe East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive games.
Lawrence Free State's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-17. As for Olathe East, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-19 record this season.
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