The Wakeland Wolverines's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lovejoy Leopards on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wakeland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Poteet.
Wakeland walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-10, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Lovejoy entered their tilt with Wilson on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-7, 25-18, 25-11.
Lovejoy relied on the efforts of Emerson Boyd, who had six digs and three aces, and Sienna Franks, who had seven digs and five aces. That's the most aces Boyd has posted in her last seven matches.
Lovejoy couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 50% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Wakeland is on a roll lately: they've won 22 of their last 23 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-6 record this season. As for Lovejoy, their win bumped their record up to 36-8.
Wakeland came out on top in a nail-biter against Lovejoy in their previous matchup back in August, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wakeland since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
