Volleyball Preview: West Laurens Raiders vs. Upson-Lee Knights
The West Laurens Raiders will head out to face off against the Upson-Lee Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Laurens is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, West Laurens earned a 2-0 win over Mary Persons.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant West Laurens was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-12, 25-10.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Upson-Lee's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Pike County by a score of 2-1. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Upson-Lee took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-16, 15-8.
West Laurens is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for Upson-Lee, their loss dropped their record down to 13-13.
West Laurens beat Upson-Lee 2-0 when the teams last played back in August of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Laurens 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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