The Mathews Mustangs will square off against the Lordstown Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mathews is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Mathews is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since September 11, 2023 on Tuesday. They blew past Bristol 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Mathews took every set by at least nine points. After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-8, 25-7.
Mathews' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kat Rowan, who had ten digs and seven aces, and Madi Darlington, who had six aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Darlington a new career-high in aces.
Mathews was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lordstown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Badger.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-7, 25-10.
Mathews' record is now 2-9. As for Lordstown, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
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