On Saturday, Palmer faced Lathrop in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Palmer Moose came out on top against the Lathrop Malemutes by a score of 2-0. This was a revenge game for the Moose, as the team was forced to settle for a 2-0 defeat when these two played two weeks ago.
While Palmer won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-22.
Palmer's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Laekyn Leroux, who had six digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Leroux a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Samantha Thomas, who had five aces.
Palmer was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in eight consecutive contests.
Palmer is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-18-3 record this season. As for Lathrop, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 36-9-2.
Palmer has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 loss against Kenai Central on the 26th. As for Lathrop, they will square off against North Pole at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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