The Ladysmith Lumberjacks will host the Northwestern Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ladysmith will be strutting in after a win, while Northwestern will be coming in after a loss.
Ladysmith played in-conference for the first time on Tuesday and got just the result they were looking for. They narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory against Cumberland.
Ladysmith wouldn't go down easily and took Cumberland into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 13-25, 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 15-6.
Sophia Zimmer and Kayla Wilmot were among the main playmakers for Ladysmith as the former had 28 digs and two assists and the latter had 18 digs, seven kills, and two aces. Another player making a difference was Kara Prohaska, who had 25 assists and nine digs.
Meanwhile, Northwestern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Hayward.
Northwestern actually scored more points across those four sets (93-90), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final set scores came out to 25-22, 13-25, 27-25, 25-21.
Northwestern's loss dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Ladysmith, they are now 12-22, having gone 2-1 since their seven-game losing streak ended.
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