Lennox is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Dell Rapids is on a nine-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Lennox Orioles will welcome the Dell Rapids Quarriers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Lennox made easy work of Beresford and carried off a 3-0 victory.
A big factor in the win was Lennox's feisty defense: they held Beresford to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-18, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Dell Rapids got the win against McCook Central/Montrose on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-13, 25-17.
Dell Rapids relied on the efforts of Sophi Randall, who hit 62.5% for five killsseven digs, five aces, and a block, and Alaina Wolff, who had five digs. That's the most aces Randall has posted in her last 11 games.
Lennox has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Dell Rapids, their win bumped their record up to 19-2.
Lennox was able to grind out a solid victory over Dell Rapids in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Lennox repeat their success, or does Dell Rapids have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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