On Tuesday, Regents faced Lafayette in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Regents Lions came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lafayette Commodores , sneaking past 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Lions sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Regents took Lafayette into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. The final score came out to 18-25, 28-26, 25-16, 24-26, 15-6.
Linton Case was the offensive standout of the game as she had 12 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Regents 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 seven aces in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Regents is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Lafayette, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-10.
Regents will head out to square off against Ingomar at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ingomar is coming into the contest with 13 straight wins at home, so Regents will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Lafayette, they will square off against West Point at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lafayette is facing West Point at the right time seeing as West Point is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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