Volleyball Preview: Lake Highlands Wildcats vs. MacArthur Cardinals
Lake Highlands has gone 10-0 against MacArthur recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges the MacArthur Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Lake Highlands' favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while MacArthur has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Lake Highlands is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Pearce just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 3-2. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mustangs 25-17 in the first set.
Lake Highlands actually scored more points across those five sets (117-115), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-21, 34-32, 24-26, 15-13.
Lake Highlands might have lost, but man, Stella Leath was a machine: she had 24 digs. With that strong performance, Leath is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game.
Meanwhile, MacArthur lost 3-0 to Pearce on Friday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-11, 25-12.
Lake Highlands' defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-12. As for MacArthur, their loss dropped their record down to 4-20.
Lake Highlands took their win against MacArthur in their previous matchup on October 4th by a conclusive 3-0. Does Lake Highlands have another victory up their sleeve, or will MacArthur turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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