Volleyball Preview: South Anchorage Wolverines vs. Lathrop Malemutes
South Anchorage is 4-0 against Lathrop since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The South Anchorage Wolverines will be staying on the road to face off against the Lathrop Malemutes at 10:00 a.m.
South Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Dimond, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (South Anchorage was ranked third). South Anchorage fell just short of Dimond by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Wolverines haven't been shut out since back in September.
South Anchorage couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Dimond a tough time in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 30-23.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Lathrop sidestepped West Valley for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Malemutes.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Lathrop who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-10.
Lathrop pushed their record up to 38-9-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for South Anchorage, their defeat dropped their record down to 31-10-3.
South Anchorage was able to grind out a solid victory over Lathrop when the teams last played back in October, winning 2-0. Will South Anchorage repeat their success, or does Lathrop have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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