On Monday Lakeland will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Ridge Community Bolts at 7:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, Lakeland came up short against Lake Wales and fell 3-1. The Dreadnaughts haven't had much luck with the Highlanders recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 25-21.
Even though they lost, Lakeland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Ridge Community had just enough and edged Auburndale out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Ridge Community wouldn't go down easily and took Auburndale into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12.
Lakeland's defeat dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Ridge Community, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
Lakeland took their victory against Ridge Community in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeland since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
