Yerington is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Pershing County is on a nine-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Yerington made easy work of Battle Mountain and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Yerington's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Battle Mountain between 15 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-17, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Pershing County had just enough and edged Incline out 3-2 on Saturday.
Pershing County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-13, 16-14.
Raegan Burrows was her usual excellent self, getting 66 digs, 33 kills, three aces, and a block. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Arya Garland, who had 52 digs.
Pershing County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 12 consecutive matches.
Yerington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-12 record this season. As for Pershing County, their win bumped their record up to 24-3.
Yerington came up short against Pershing County in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Burrows, who had 30 digs and 26 kills. Now that Yerington knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
