The Lakeland Hawks will square off against the Lake City Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lakeland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Lewiston, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Lakeland was ranked 17th). Everything went Lakeland's way against Lewiston on Thursday as Lakeland made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
One reason for the win was Lakeland's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-20, 25-8.
Lakeland can attribute much of their success to Addy Hocking, who had 13 digs. Hocking has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last seven times she's played.
Lakeland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Lake City had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Post Falls on Thursday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (102-101) Lake City actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 17-25, 15-12.
Lakeland's win bumped their record up to 15-10. As for Lake City, their victory bumped their record up to 17-10.
Lakeland beat Lake City 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Does Lakeland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lake City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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