The Russia Raiders's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Fort Loramie Redskins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Russia and Botkins met for a duel on Thursday where Russia came out on top. Russia blew past Botkins 3-0.
Russia's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Botkins between 13 and 16 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-16, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Fort Loramie came tearing into Saturday's game with 16 straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Indians as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fort Loramie was: they took every set by at least 14 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-11.
Among those leading the charge was Katie Luthman, who had ten digs.
Fort Loramie was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Russia is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-11 record this season. As for Fort Loramie, they pushed their record up to 19-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Russia might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Fort Loramie in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Luthman, who had 20 digs. Now that Russia knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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