Volleyball Preview: Lake City Timberwolves vs. Lakeland Hawks
The Lake City Timberwolves will head out on the road to take on the Lakeland Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lake City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Post Falls, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Lake City was ranked 21st). Lake City sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Post Falls on Thursday. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Timberwolves as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Lake City was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-101), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 17-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Lakeland got the win against Lewiston on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Lakeland's got stronger as the match went on, holding Lewiston to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-20, 25-8.
Among those leading the charge was Addy Hocking, who had 13 digs. She has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last seven times she's played.
Lakeland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive matchups.
Lake City's record now sits at 17-10. As for Lakeland, their record now sits at 15-10.
Lake City came up short against Lakeland in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Lake City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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