After both having extra time off, the Pershing County Mustangs and the Yerington Lions will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Pershing County sitting on 17 straight wins and Yerington on six.
Last Saturday, it was close, but Pershing County sidestepped Incline for a 3-2 victory.
Pershing County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-13, 16-14.
It was another big night for Raegan Burrows, who had 66 digs, 33 kills, three aces, and a block. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Arya Garland, who had 52 digs.
Pershing County 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 eight aces in 12 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, everything went Yerington's way against Battle Mountain on Saturday as Yerington made off with a 3-0 win.
Yerington's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Battle Mountain between 15 and 17 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-17, 25-15.
Pershing County pushed their record up to 24-3 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Yerington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-12 record this season.
Pershing County was able to grind out a solid win over Yerington when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pershing County since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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