The Lafayette County Huskers will challenge the Knob Noster Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lafayette County is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, Lafayette County got the win against Holden by a conclusive 3-0.
A big factor in the win was Lafayette County's feisty defense: they held Holden to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-16, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Knob Noster didn't have quite enough to beat Lexington on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Knob Noster took Lexington into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 16-14.
Lafayette County pushed their record up to 12-5-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Knob Noster, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11-3.
Lafayette County took their win against Knob Noster when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lafayette County since the team 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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