The Timberline Blazers will head out to take on the Lakes Lancers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Timberline is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Timberline will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Peninsula, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Timberline sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Peninsula on Tuesday.
Timberline took Peninsula into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 26-24, 25-22, 23-25, 15-6.
Timberline found their leader in underclassman Leia Dela Cruz, who had seven digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Dela Cruz a new career-high in aces.
Timberline 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 seven aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Lakes' way against River Ridge on Tuesday as Lakes made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lancers.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-6, 25-14.
Timberline is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Lakes, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Timberline took their victory against Lakes when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Timberline since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps