The Memorial Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Liberty Redhawks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Memorial comes in on three and Liberty on 11.
On Tuesday, Memorial got the win against Emerson by a conclusive 3-0.
Memorial never let Emerson on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-22, 25-21.
Independence typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Liberty proved too difficult a challenge. Everything went their way against the Knights as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Liberty was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-9.
Riley Wong and Morgan Ferguson were among the main playmakers for Liberty as the former had five digs and 20 assists and the latter had 13 digs. Wong is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 21 games she's played dating back to last season.
Liberty couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in October of 2023.
Memorial pushed their record up to 26-14 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season.
Memorial might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Liberty in their previous meeting on October 1st. Can Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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