Richardson hasn't had much luck against Lake Highlands recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Richardson Eagles will take on the Lake Highlands Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Richardson sitting on five straight victories and Lake Highlands on eight.
Last Thursday, Richardson made easy work of Nimitz and carried off a 3-0 win.
Richardson's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Nimitz between 18 and 20 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-19.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Lake Highlands took on Irving on Tuesday. Lake Highlands blew past Irving 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lake Highlands was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-6, 25-7.
Stella Leath was the offensive standout of the game as she had seven digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Lake Highlands couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 54.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 23.1% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 38.2%.
Richardson is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-16 record this season. As for Lake Highlands, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-11.
Richardson suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lake Highlands when the teams last played back in September. Can Richardson avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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