The Burroughs Bombers will venture away from home to square off against the Lindbergh Flyers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Lindbergh took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Burroughs, who comes in off a win.
Burroughs will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Lutheran South, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Burroughs blew past Lutheran South 3-0 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bombers.
Burroughs was dominant in the second set, but otherwise had just enough against a tough Lutheran South squad. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-11, 26-24.
Burroughs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Lindbergh entered their match against Marquette on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Lindbergh lost 3-0 to Marquette. The defeat continues a trend for the Flyers in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost eight in a row.
While Lindbergh ultimatly came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 17 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-17, 25-21.
Burroughs has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Lindbergh, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
Burroughs might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lindbergh in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Burroughs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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