Lake lost against McKinley back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Lake Blue Streaks fell just short of the McKinley Bulldogs by a score of 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Streaks in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost three in a row.
Lake actually scored more points across those five sets (101-94), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-14, 16-25, 10-25, 15-11.
Despite the loss, Lake had strong showings from Olivia Brown, who had five digs and two aces, and Olivia Nehlen, who had seven digs.
She wasn't the only good server: Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive games.
Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for McKinley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-5.
Lake will venture away from home to take on Perry at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. As for McKinley, they will welcome Hoover at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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