Richland Center waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Luther Knights 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Hornets also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2017.
Richland Center was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 15-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-6.
Richland Center was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive matches.
Ellie Bahr and Kamryn Anderson certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Bahr had 22 digs, while Anderson had ten digs and two aces.
Richland Center has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 25 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 31-8 record this season. As for Luther, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 18-14.
Richland Center has already played their next contest, a 3-2 defeat against Aquinas on the 26th. Luther does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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