The Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Winchester Community Golden Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cambridge City Lincoln is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Having struggled with seven losses in a row, Cambridge City Lincoln finally turned things around against Knightstown on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Panthers.
Cambridge City Lincoln 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 18-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-20.
Cambridge City Lincoln was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 8.
Meanwhile, Winchester Community came tearing into Saturday's matchup with six straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Rebels as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Winchester Community was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-13.
Cambridge City Lincoln's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-19. As for Winchester Community, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Cambridge City Lincoln has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Winchester Community struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cambridge City Lincoln came up short against Winchester Community in their previous meeting back in August, falling 2-0. Can Cambridge City Lincoln avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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