La Porte has gone 10-0 against New Prairie recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The La Porte Slicers will play host again on Monday to welcome the New Prairie Cougars, where the match is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. La Porte will be strutting in after a win while New Prairie will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, La Porte narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Lake Central 3-2.
La Porte got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 33-31, 18-25, 25-13, 15-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead La Porte to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emma Hull, who had 17 digs, three aces, and a kill. Hull is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 13 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lilly Buckley, who had ten digs and 19 assists.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, New Prairie's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Penn by a score of 3-2.
New Prairie actually scored more points across those five sets (107-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 20-25, 16-25, 26-24, 15-13.
La Porte is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-13 record this season. As for New Prairie, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-10.
La Porte beat New Prairie 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was New Prairie's Alena Naddaf, who had 18 digs. Now that she won't be playing on Monday, will it be easier for La Porte to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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