Volleyball Preview: Lone Star Rangers vs. Liberty Redhawks
Lone Star is 2-8 against Liberty since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lone Star Rangers will be staying on the road to face off against the Liberty Redhawks at 6:30 p.m.
Lone Star and Wylie East met for a duel on Friday where Lone Star prevailed. Lone Star sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Wylie East.
Lone Star wouldn't go down easily and took Wylie East into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 17-25, 15-8.
Lone Star got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Tilah Perez out in front who had 12 digs and three aces. Those three aces gave Perez a new career-high.
Liberty extended their winning streak to 13 games thanks to a huge performance from Riley Wong. Liberty was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Emerson on Tuesday thanks in part to Wong, who had five digs and 24 assists. She has been hot for a while, having posted 13 or more assists the last 23 times she's played.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Liberty was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-13, 25-13.
Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Emerson only served an.
Lone Star has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-14 record this season. As for Liberty, they pushed their record up to 28-7 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Lone Star came up short against Liberty in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Lone Star avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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