The Lake Ridge Eagles will take on the Eastlake Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Ridge will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Lake Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged V.R. Eaton out 3-2.
Lake Ridge had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 16-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-12.
Hailey Halfmann and Mackenzie Mattison were among the main playmakers for Lake Ridge as the former had 21 digs and three aces and the latter had ten digs and two aces. That's the most aces Halfmann has posted in her last seven contests.
Lake Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Eastlake waltzed into their game on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past the Rebels 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-12, 25-13.
Lake Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 38-9 record this season. As for Eastlake, their win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 37-4.
Lake Ridge skirted past Eastlake 2-1 in their previous matchup back in August of 2014. Will Lake Ridge repeat their success, or does Eastlake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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