After both having extra time off, the Spanaway Lake Sentinels and the South Kitsap Wolves will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Kitsap took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Spanaway Lake, who comes in off a win.
Spanaway Lake won the last time they faced Bethel and Holiness (Mara) Hodges did her part to make sure it happened again. Spanaway Lake came out on top against Bethel by a score of 3-1 last Tuesday thanks in part to (Mara) Hodges, who had 24 digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 15 or more in the last five games she's played.
Spanaway Lake had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-10.
Spanaway Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, South Kitsap lost 3-0 to Emerald Ridge last Tuesday. The Wolves haven't had much luck with the Jaguars recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
While South Kitsap was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Emerald Ridge's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-21.
Spanaway Lake's victory bumped their record up to 11-7. As for South Kitsap, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8-1.
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