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| 10/16/25 - Home | 3-2 W |
| 09/11/24 - Away | 1-3 L |
| 10/19/23 - Home | 0-3 L |
| 10/18/18 - Home | 1-2 L |
| 10/12/17 - Away | 2-1 W |
| + 2 more games |
Wellington-Napoleon posted their closest victory since September 20th on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out the Lutheran Knights 3-2. This was payback for the Tigers, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Wellington-Napoleon wouldn't go down easily and took Lutheran into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14.
Mia Hodson paced Wellington-Napoleon's offense, picking up 13 kills. Hodson got some help from Izabel Lopez and her 29 assists. Lopez was also solid from the service line: she led the team with 13 aces.
Loss or not, Lutheran got some senior leadership from Ainsley Bruening and Ariana Hardy. Bruening had 14 digs, while Hardy had ten digs. Annie Eitzmann also deserves some recognition as she served her first aces of the season.
Wellington-Napoleon's win ended a three-match drought at home and bumped them up to 9-14-4. As for Lutheran, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-15-1.
Coming up, Wellington-Napoleon will face off against Orrick at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Lutheran does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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