The Archbishop Alter Knights are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Lakota East Thunderhawks at 6:00 p.m.
Archbishop Alter lost 3-0 to Eaton on Thursday.
Archbishop Alter was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-11, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Lakota East made easy work of Princeton on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lakota East was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-9, 25-11.
Lakota East can attribute much of their success to Lola Kronauge, who had five digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Kronauge a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Shayla Mckay, who had six digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Lakota East 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 contests they've averaged 7.5.
Archbishop Alter has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season. As for Lakota East, their record is now 5-10.
Archbishop Alter might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lakota East in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Archbishop Alter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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