On Friday, the Lake Havasu Knights were able to grind out a solid victory over the Tempe Prep Knights, taking the game 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lake Havasu.
Lake Havasu's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Tempe Prep between 16 and 18 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-16.
Lake Havasu was led to victory by Taytum Crawley and Jillian Pope. Crawley had four aces and three digs, while Pope hit 71.4% for five killseight digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Pope a new career-high in hitting percentage.
Lake Havasu 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 five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Lake Havasu's win bumped their record up to 13-3. As for Tempe Prep, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Lake Havasu's road trip will continue as they head out to face Combs at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Havasu is facing Combs at the right time seeing as Combs is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Tempe Prep, they will square off against Metro Tech at 11:00 a.m. on Friday.
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