South Lyon East is 9-1 against South Lyon since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars faces off against the South Lyon Lions at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Lyon East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Utica Eisenhower, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (South Lyon East was ranked 25th). South Lyon East won by a set and slipped past Utica Eisenhower 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day South Lyon East got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-22, 16-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, South Lyon was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Mary's Prep on Saturday, taking the game 2-0.
South Lyon easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-14.
South Lyon East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season. As for South Lyon, their win bumped their record up to 17-5-2.
South Lyon East took their victory against South Lyon when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does South Lyon East have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Lyon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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