Lone Oak came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the North Lamar Panthers.
Lone Oak had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-12.
Lone Oak was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 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 11.6.
Loss or not, North Lamar got some senior leadership from Emery Reeves and Claire Emeyabbi. Reeves had 16 digs and four aces, while Emeyabbi had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces Reeves has posted in her last 16 games.
Lone Oak's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. As for North Lamar, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-8.
Lone Oak will square off against Tioga at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. After both having extra time off, North Lamar and Prairiland will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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