CORE Butte has gone 8-2 against Princeton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The CORE Butte Lynx will welcome the Princeton Eagles at 5:30 p.m. CORE Butte is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Princeton is facing CORE Butte at the wrong time: CORE Butte suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2.
CORE Butte took Maxwell into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The final score came out to 26-24, 24-26, 23-25, 25-23, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Princeton was able to grind out a solid victory over Plumas Charter on Wednesday, taking the game 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Princeton was dominant in they sets they won, taking each by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-7, 22-25, 25-17.
Princeton relied on the efforts of Guadalupe Espinoza, who had six aces and five digs, and Reyna Sullivan, who had 14 kills and five aces. That's the most aces Sullivan has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenna Silva, who had six aces.
Silva wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Princeton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matches.
CORE Butte's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Princeton, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
CORE Butte came out on top in a nail-biter against Princeton when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 3-2. Will CORE Butte repeat their success, or does Princeton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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