The Long Reach Lightning will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Chesapeake Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Long Reach will be strutting in after a victory while Chesapeake will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Long Reach earned a 3-1 win over Guilford Park.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 24-26, 25-20, 25-21.
Delaney Strawhorn went supernova for Long Reach, getting 13 digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Strawhorn a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Long Reach was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Guilford Park only served ten.
Meanwhile, Chesapeake lost 3-0 to Severn Run on Wednesday.
Chesapeake was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-23, 25-18.
Long Reach is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Chesapeake, they dropped their record down to 4-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything went Long Reach's way against Chesapeake when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Long Reach made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Long Reach 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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