The Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah Resorters will head out to face off against the Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah took a three-set loss the last time they faced off against Cedar Grove-Belgium, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Resorters had just enough and edged out the Rockets 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 12-25, 25-22, 22-25, 18-16.
Lydia Weber went supernova, getting 39 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted over her last two contests.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sheboygan Area Lutheran, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Everything went their way against Reedsville on Tuesday as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Crusaders in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won three in a row.
While Sheboygan Area Lutheran won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-23.
Sheboygan Area Lutheran picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 11-17. As for Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, their record is now 12-17.
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah came up short against Sheboygan Area Lutheran when the teams last played on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can the Resorters avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
