Volleyball Preview: Pershing County Mustangs vs. Sierra Lutheran Falcons
Pershing County is 4-0 against Sierra Lutheran since August of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pershing County has 15 straight wins, Sierra Lutheran has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Saturday, Pershing County got the win against Silver Stage by a conclusive 3-0.
A big factor in the win was Pershing County's feisty defense: they held Silver Stage to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-16, 25-10.
Raegan Burrows was her usual excellent self, getting 30 digs, 22 kills, and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 27 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Arya Garland, who had 34 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Pershing County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Sierra Lutheran didn't have quite enough to beat Coral Academy of Science - Reno on Saturday and fell 3-2.
Pershing County pushed their record up to 22-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Sierra Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Everything went Pershing County's way against Sierra Lutheran in their previous matchup back in September, as Pershing County made off with a 3-0 win. Will Pershing County repeat their success, or does Sierra Lutheran have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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