On Wednesday, Lincoln Southwest faced Marian in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks came out on top against the Marian Crusaders by a score of 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Silver Hawks.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (92-90) Lincoln Southwest actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 14-25, 26-24, 25-22.
Grace Lienemann was the offensive standout of the game as she had seven digs and two aces.
Marian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Melody Mayer, who had 25 digs. Mayer has been hot for a while, having posted 12 or more digs the last 11 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Janke, who had eight digs and five aces.
Lincoln Southwest has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season. As for Marian, their defeat dropped their record down to 25-13.
As of now, neither Lincoln Southwest nor Marian have any future games scheduled.
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