Speedway was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lawrence Central Bears. The Sparkplugs were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Bears apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2015.
Speedway was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Lawrence Central work for it, especially in the fourth set. The final score came out to 25-20, 22-25, 25-11, 27-25.
Hayli Clampitt paced Speedway's offense, picking up ten kills. Clampitt got some help from Izzy Bigelow and her 11 assists. Bigelow was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
Speedway's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lawrence Central, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-4.
Coming up, Speedway will face off against Shelbyville at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lawrence Central has already played their next contest (against Heritage Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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