The Laurens Raiders will square off against the Wren Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Laurens has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight defeats, while Wren will come in with three straight victories.
Laurens and Emerald met for a duel on Wednesday where Laurens had to take the L. Laurens fell 3-1 to Emerald. While the Raiders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Vikings 25-15 in the first set.
Laurens started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-22.
Mattison Dasher put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had ten digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good server: Laurens was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Wren was able to grind out a solid win over Westside on Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Wren had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-13, 25-11, 25-13.
Laurens' loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Wren, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Laurens suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Wren when the teams last played back in September. Will Laurens have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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