Lafayette is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Fort Wayne Snider. Lafayette fell just short of Fort Wayne Snider by a score of 2-1. The Generals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lafayette started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Moises Santiago paced Lafayette's offense, picking up ten kills. Santiago got some help from Jaiden Vanover and his 22 assists. Sanan Ahmad controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Fort Wayne Snider was led to victory by Myo Ko and Pau Lak. Ko had seven digs and one assist, while Lak had 28 assists and four digs. The dominant performance also gave Lak a new career-high in kills (two).
Lafayette's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Fort Wayne Snider, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Coincidentally, Lafayette and Fort Wayne Snider will both be playing Columbus East the next time they take the court. Lafayette will head out to face Columbus East at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, while Fort Wayne Snider will play them later in the day, at 4:30 p.m.
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