Bettye Davis East Anchorage faced Dimond in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds fell 3-1 to the Lynx. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lynx this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in September.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-18.
This is the second loss in a row for Bettye Davis East Anchorage and nudges their season record down to 9-13. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 18-9 Chugiak (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 66.4% over those games). As for Dimond, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 20 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-9-1 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Bettye Davis East Anchorage will square off against rival Chugiak at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Dimond is set to challenge their familiar foe Service at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
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