Mt. Shasta is 9-1 against Weed since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. Mt. Shasta will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Mt. Shasta will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Etna, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mt. Shasta came out on top against Etna by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
Mt. Shasta walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-15, 15-25, 25-20.
Mt. Shasta relied on the efforts of Nadia Lintz, who had 12 digs and five aces, and Kaley Lanier, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Lintz has posted since back in September.
Mt. Shasta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.8.
Meanwhile, Weed suffered their biggest loss since August 29th on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Fall River.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-15, 25-13.
Mt. Shasta has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season. As for Weed, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
Mt. Shasta beat Weed 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Mt. Shasta repeat their success, or does Weed have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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