The South Lyon East Cougars's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Milford Mavericks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, it was close, but South Lyon East sidestepped Stoney Creek for a 2-1 victory.
South Lyon East had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-20, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Milford waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They won by a set and slipped past the Hornets 2-1.
Milford was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-28, 25-13, 15-8.
Milford was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
South Lyon East has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-1 record this season. As for Milford, they pushed their record up to 6-5-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
South Lyon East was able to grind out a solid victory over Milford in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Will South Lyon East repeat their success, or does Milford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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