The Manitowoc Lutheran Lancers and the Wabeno/Laona Rebels are set to duel on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Manitowoc Lutheran sitting on eight straight victories and Wabeno/Laona on five.
Manitowoc Lutheran is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They skirted past Heritage Christian 3-2.
Manitowoc Lutheran wouldn't go down easily and took Heritage Christian into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 26-28, 25-20, 25-23, 21-25, 16-14.
Manitowoc Lutheran can attribute much of their success to Maya Keil, who had six digs and two aces. Keil has been hot recently, having also posted 13 or more assists the last three times she's played.
Manitowoc Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 20 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Wabeno/Laona's way against Pittsville on Saturday as Wabeno/Laona made off with a 3-0 win.
While Wabeno/Laona won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-14, 29-27.
Manitowoc Lutheran is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 36-7 record this season. As for Wabeno/Laona, their victory bumped their record up to 37-8.
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