The Woodlan Warriors's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lakeland Lakers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Woodlan is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past South Adams 3-2.
Woodlan wouldn't go down easily and took South Adams into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-23, 10-25, 23-25, 15-11.
Makenna Smith was a one-man wrecking crew for Woodlan as she had 40 digs and two aces. Smith is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Victoria Crozier, who had four digs and 33 assists.
Woodlan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Adams only served four.
Meanwhile, Lakeland had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Warriors.
Lakeland had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-21.
Lakeland relied on the efforts of SARAH SMART, who had ten digs and two aces, and MADISON LARIMER, who had eight kills, three digs, and a block.
Woodlan has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Lakeland, their win bumped their record up to 22-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Woodlan has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Lakeland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Woodlan was able to grind out a solid victory over Lakeland when the teams last played back in August of 2017, winning 2-0. Will Woodlan repeat their success, or does Lakeland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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