With a playoff game on the line, Lawrence Central rose to the challenge on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Warren Central Warriors 3-2. This was payback for the Bears, who suffered a 3-1 loss the last time these two teams met.
Lawrence Central 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 22-25, 16-25, 28-26, 25-19, 15-7.
Lawrence Central found their leader in underclassman Evanna Galbreath, who had 15 digs and a block. The team also got some help courtesy of Tairyn Edwards, who had eight digs and two aces.
Lawrence Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive games.
Lawrence Central's win bumped their record up to 7-18. As for Warren Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-21.
Lawrence Central has already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Lawrence North on the 19th. Warren Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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