Dimond has gone 10-0 against Bartlett recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 8:00 p.m. Bartlett took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Dimond, who comes in off a win.
Dimond is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: West Anchorage, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Dimond was ranked first). Dimond blew past West Anchorage 3-0 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lynx.
Dimond never let West Anchorage on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-16, 25-18.
Dimond was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 20 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Bartlett was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Service.
Bartlett was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Service work for it, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 18-25, 25-15, 25-8.
Dimond pushed their record up to 33-5-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bartlett, their loss dropped their record down to 3-27-3.
Dimond was able to grind out a solid victory over Bartlett in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Does Dimond have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bartlett turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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