Lamar County waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a set and slipped past the Mary Persons Bulldogs 2-1. The Trojans have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Lamar County who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 21-25, 15-3.
Despite the defeat, Mary Persons saw an underclassman step up: Addison Lynch had five digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Lynch a new career-high in aces.
Lamar County's victory bumped their record up to 19-4. As for Mary Persons, they dropped their record down to 14-19 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Lamar County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mary Persons, they are on the road again on Friday to play Luella at 6:00 p.m.
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