Lafayette has been away from home for seven games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the West Point Green Wave at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Lafayette is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Regents, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Lafayette was ranked 23rd). Lafayette fell just short of Regents by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
Lafayette took Regents into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. The final score came out to 18-25, 28-26, 25-16, 24-26, 15-6.
Meanwhile, West Point was not able to break out of their rough patch back in August as the team picked up their 20th straight loss. They came up short against Lafayette, falling 3-0.
Lafayette's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-10. As for West Point, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Lafayette took their victory against West Point when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Lafayette repeat their success, or does West Point have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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