With a playoff game on the line, Yerington rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the North Tahoe Lakers. The victory was familiar territory for the Lions who have now won five matchups in a row.
Yerington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23.
Yerington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October.
Despite the loss, North Tahoe saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Marlo Johnson had 18 digs. Johnson has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Yerington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-14 record this season. As for North Tahoe, they moved to 19-9 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Yerington has already played their next game, a 3-1 win against Incline on the 2nd. North Tahoe does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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