Volleyball Preview: Liberty North Eagles vs. Lee's Summit Tigers
Liberty North has been away from home for five games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Lee's Summit Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Liberty North will be strutting in after a win while Lee's Summit will be coming in after a loss.
On Saturday, Liberty North beat Joplin 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Liberty North was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-12.
Liberty North can attribute much of their success to Emma Christian, who had eight digs and three aces. That's the most aces Christian has posted in her last seven matches.
Liberty North was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They are a perfect 3-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, Lee's Summit lost 3-0 to Nixa on Saturday.
Lee's Summit was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-10, 25-22.
Liberty North has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Lee's Summit, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.
Liberty North was able to grind out a solid victory over Lee's Summit in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will Liberty North repeat their success, or does Lee's Summit have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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