The Ladue Horton Watkins Rams will challenge the Timberland T-Wolves at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, Ladue Horton Watkins came up short against Webster Groves and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Statesmen: they've now lost seven in a row.
Ladue Horton Watkins took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 26-24.
Ladue Horton Watkins' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Sophi Strayhorn, who had seven digs and three aces, and Haidyn Giesie, who had 12 digs. The dominant performance gave Strayhorn a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Ladue Horton Watkins was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 8.2.
Meanwhile, Timberland got the win against Fort Zumwalt East on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the T-Wolves.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-20, 25-16.
Ladue Horton Watkins' defeat dropped their record down to 6-9-1. As for Timberland, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Ladue Horton Watkins suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Timberland in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Ladue Horton Watkins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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