The Layton Lancers will take on the American Fork Cavemen at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Layton has four straight wins, American Fork has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Layton will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Fremont, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Layton came out on top against Fremont by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (92-88) Layton actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 11-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Layton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, American Fork lost 3-0 to Lone Peak on Tuesday.
American Fork was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-23, 25-18.
Layton pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for American Fork, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
Layton beat American Fork 2-0 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Does Layton have another victory up their sleeve, or will American Fork turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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