Soldotna hasn't had much luck against Dimond recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Soldotna Stars will be staying on the road to face off against the Dimond Lynx at 3:15 p.m.
Soldotna is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Wasilla, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Soldotna was ranked 16th). Soldotna took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wasilla on Saturday.
Soldotna was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Wasilla work for it, especially in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 23-25, 25-13, 26-24.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Dimond sidestepped South Anchorage for a 1-0 victory.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Dimond who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 30-23.
Dimond is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 45-8-4 record this season. As for Soldotna, their loss dropped their record down to 21-19-4.
Soldotna came up short against Dimond in their previous meeting back in August, falling 2-0. Can Soldotna avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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