Almond-Bancroft had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Alma Center Lincoln Hornets. This was payback for the Eagles, who suffered a 2-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Almond-Bancroft was: they took both sets by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-10.
Almond-Bancroft can attribute much of their success to Laney Carlton, who had five aces and four digs. With that strong performance, Carlton is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game.
Almond-Bancroft was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2.7 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 13.2.
Almond-Bancroft is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. As for Alma Center Lincoln, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Waterloo the next time they take the court. Almond-Bancroft will head out to face Waterloo at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Alma Center Lincoln will play them later in the day, at 8:00 a.m.
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