The Shelby Whippets will face off against the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shelby is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Shelby's way against Kenton as Shelby made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Shelby took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-7, 25-14.
Lexington typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Liberty-Benton proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Minutemen by a score of 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
The final score came out to 25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19.
Liberty-Benton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maddy Amstutz, who had 31 digs and four aces, and Josie Todd, who had seven digs and 46 assists. Todd is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in the last 24 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Roberts, who had ten digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Liberty-Benton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Shelby has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. As for Liberty-Benton, their victory bumped their record up to 16-8.
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