Lincoln North Star lost against Gretna back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Lincoln North Star Navigators fell just short of the Gretna Dragons by a score of 2-1. The Navigators haven't had much luck with the Dragons recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Lincoln North Star lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-22, 25-23.
Even though they lost, Lincoln North Star was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Gretna can attribute much of their success to Lily Zimmerman, who had 16 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Zimmerman has posted since back in September.
Lincoln North Star's defeat dropped their record down to 13-11. As for Gretna, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-13.
Lincoln North Star wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-1 victory against Grand Island on the 8th. As for Gretna, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Lincoln Northwest at 7:00 p.m. Lincoln Northwest is coming into the matchup with three straight wins at home, so Gretna will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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