Liberty North is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Fayetteville. The Liberty North Eagles narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Fayetteville Bulldogs 2-1. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
Liberty North had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-12, 25-19.
Fayetteville's loss came despite strong showings from Lily Moser and Eva Mcpike. Moser had eight digs and three aces, while Mcpike had eight digs and two aces.
The victory was the third in a row for Liberty North, bringing their record for this year to 14-6. As for Fayetteville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-5.
Liberty North wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against St. Teresa's Academy on the 5th. Fayetteville has also already played their next contest, a 2-1 victory against Blue Springs on the 5th.
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