Volleyball Preview: Fort Loramie Redskins vs. Fairlawn Jets
Fort Loramie is 10-0 against Fairlawn since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Fort Loramie Redskins will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fairlawn Jets at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fort Loramie sitting on 13 straight victories and Fairlawn on three.
Fort Loramie is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: New Bremen, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Fort Loramie was ranked ninth). Fort Loramie came out on top against New Bremen by a score of 3-1 on Saturday.
Fort Loramie walked away with the win (but they looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-17, 12-25, 26-24.
Fort Loramie can attribute much of their success to Katie Luthman, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, Fairlawn got the win against Botkins on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Fairlawn never let Botkins on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-19, 25-23.
Fort Loramie's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-1. As for Fairlawn, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-11 record this season.
Fort Loramie took their win against Fairlawn in their previous matchup on September 3rd by a conclusive 3-0. Does Fort Loramie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairlawn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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