On Saturday, the Concord Minutemen narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Lakewood Park Christian Panthers 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Minutemen.
Concord had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Julie Reinert went supernova for Concord, getting 33 digs and two aces. Reinert has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Shelby Emerick, who had 13 digs.
When it comes to explaining why Lakewood Park Christian lost, don't look at Vanessa Crider. Despite the final result, she had 23 digs.
Concord's win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-8. As for Lakewood Park Christian, they dropped their record down to 8-8 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Fort Wayne South Side the next time they take the court. Lakewood Park Christian will head out to face Fort Wayne South Side at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, while Concord will play them later in the day, at 9:30 a.m.
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