Lakeland Christian unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Haines City Hornets by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The Vikings were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Hornets apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September of 2015.
Lakeland Christian started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 15-10.
The victory got Haines City back to even at 1-1.
Coming up, Lakeland Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Lake Region at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Haines City, they will host Kathleen at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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