CORE Butte entered their tilt with Los Molinos on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They won by a set and slipped past the Los Molinos Bulldogs 3-2. The Lynx have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-97) CORE Butte actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 18-25, 13-25, 25-18, 16-14.
CORE Butte's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Xitlali Gonzalez led the charge by getting 12 digs and five aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Macey Ascherman, who had three digs, two kills, and two kills.
CORE Butte was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in five consecutive matchups.
Despite the loss, Los Molinos still got an impressive performance from Mckenna Mischell, who had nine aces, a kill, and a kill. Mischell has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last six times she's played.
CORE Butte pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Los Molinos, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
CORE Butte's road trip will continue as they head out to face Chester at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Los Molinos, they will face off against Redding Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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