On Saturday, Montrose faced Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Montrose Red Hawks walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Lutheran Lions. This was payback for the Red Hawks, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Montrose had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 13-25, 28-26, 25-22, 32-30.
Leading Montrose to victory were Avery Kingsbury and Ashlin Mitchum. Kingsbury had 13 digs, while Mitchum had 12 digs, nine kills, and three aces.
Montrose was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lutheran only served nine.
Lutheran lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Lola Heimlicher, who had 32 digs. Heimlicher has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Reese Brgoch, who had nine digs and 12 assists.
The win snapped Montrose's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 15-8 record. As for Lutheran, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-8 record this season.
As of now, neither Montrose nor Lutheran have any future games scheduled.
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