The Lyman Greyhounds will head out on the road to challenge the East River Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Lyman will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each contest than the last.
Lyman had won three straight home games and Julia Stephenson did her part to make it four on Wednesday. Everything went the Greyhounds' way against University as they made off with a 3-0 win thanks in part to Stephenson, who hit 100% for five kills and six digs and six aces. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 2.3 aces per game.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lyman was: they took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-15, 25-8.
Julia Stephenson
| 10/08/25 vs University | 6 |
| 10/04/25 vs Rockledge | 3 |
| 10/04/25 vs Martin County | 2 |
If Tohopekaliga wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played East River, they should've done a better job of containing Alyssa Mortiz. The Falcons came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 3-1 on Thursday for which the team can thank Mortiz, who had ten digs. Stephenson is also on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in each of the last three games she's played.
East River had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-23.
Lyman's record is now 11-14. As for East River, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.
Lyman skirted past East River 3-2 when the teams last played back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Greyhounds since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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