North Tahoe and Pershing County are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The North Tahoe Lakers will head out to take on the Pershing County Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North Tahoe sitting on six straight wins and Pershing County on 17.
On Friday, North Tahoe got the win against Oasis Academy by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: North Tahoe took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-13, 25-11.
Among those leading the charge was Dawna Li, who had four digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in August.
North Tahoe 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 six aces in 15 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Pershing County sidestepped Incline for a 3-2 victory.
Pershing County 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 19-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-13, 16-14.
Raegan Burrows continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, getting 66 digs, 33 kills, three aces, and a block. She is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Arya Garland, who had 52 digs.
North Tahoe has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Pershing County, they pushed their record up to 24-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: North Tahoe has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Pershing County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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