Lakeview is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Milford is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lakeview Vikings will challenge the Milford Eagles on Saturday. Milford took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lakeview, who comes in off a win.
Lakeview is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Pierce, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Lakeview was ranked 16th). Lakeview came out on top against Pierce by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Lakeview had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-22, 32-30, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Milford unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Holdrege by a score of 3-2.
Milford took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-18, 18-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-12.
Milford's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kira Schweitzer, who had 14 digs, and Shayla Rautenberg, who had 20 kills, four digs, and a block. Rautenberg is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 20 games she's played.
Lakeview has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Milford, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-9.
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