After both having extra time off, the Incline Highlanders and the North Tahoe Lakers will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Incline took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Everything went their way against Silver Stage as Incline made off with a 3-0 win.
Incline never let Silver Stage on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 26-24, 25-20.
Incline got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was SADY KELLY out in front who had four digs, two kills, and two aces. LILI MORRISON was another key player, getting 16 digs.
Incline was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 15 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, North Tahoe had just enough and edged Sierra Lutheran out 3-2 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lakers.
North Tahoe took Sierra Lutheran into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 15-12.
Marlo Johnson and Dawna Li were among the main playmakers for North Tahoe as the former had 16 digs and four aces and the latter had 12 aces and seven digs. Li is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played.
Incline has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for North Tahoe, their record now sits at 18-8.
Incline came up short against North Tahoe when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Incline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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