Lake Stevens has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Tahoma Bears on Friday.
Lake Stevens is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Issaquah, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Lake Stevens was ranked eighth). Lake Stevens came out on top against Issaquah by a score of 3-1 on Saturday.
Lake Stevens was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-15, 22-25, 25-20.
Lake Stevens was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Tahoma narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Emerald Ridge 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Tahoma who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 24-26, 25-15, 20-25, 15-13.
Isabelle Foote was nothing short of spectacular: she had five digs and two aces.
Tahoma is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9-1 record this season. As for Lake Stevens, they pushed their record up to 27-5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: Lake Stevens has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Tahoma struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lake Stevens came up short against Tahoma in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, falling 3-1. Can Lake Stevens avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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