Marion Local has gone 10-0 against Lehman Catholic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Marion Local Flyers are taking a road trip to take on the Lehman Catholic Cavaliers at 11:00 a.m. Marion Local is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Marion Local is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: New Bremen, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Marion Local was ranked 11th). Marion Local took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of New Bremen on Thursday. The Flyers' loss signaled the end of their 13-game winning streak.
Marion Local started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-21, 30-28, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Lehman Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Troy Christian last Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20.
Lehman Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since August 31st.
Having lost for the first time this season, Marion Local fell to 13-1. As for Lehman Catholic, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
Everything went Marion Local's way against Lehman Catholic when the teams last played back in August of 2023 as Marion Local made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marion Local since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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