On Thursday, Lakeland faced Lewiston in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lakeland Hawks came out on top against the Lewiston Bengals by a score of 3-1. This was a revenge matchup for the Hawks, as the team was forced to settle for a 3-2 loss when these two played on Thursday.
Lakeland was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-13, 20-25, 25-19.
Ziya Munyer paced Lakeland's offense, picking up 16 kills. Munyer got some help from
Olivia Zazuetta and her 38 assists.
Alyssa Ryckman controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Lewiston lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ella Vanhorn, who had 14 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Vanhorn has posted since back in September. Brooke Bernal was another key player, getting 20 digs.
Lakeland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11 record this season. As for Lewiston, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 19-8 record.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Lakeland beat Lewiston by a score of 3-0 on Saturday.
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