After both having extra time off, the Lake Mead Christian Academy Eagles and the Yerington Lions will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Mead Christian Academy is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Lake Mead Christian Academy heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Saturday. They fell just short of GV Christian by a score of 3-2. The Eagles' defeat signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Lake Mead Christian Academy started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 23-25, 25-19, 25-10, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Yerington had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Highlanders.
Yerington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-14.
America Hernandez and Danika Gutierrez were among the main playmakers for Yerington as the former had 22 digs and the latter had 23 digs, five aces, and two kills. That's the most aces Gutierrez has posted in her last six matches.
Yerington 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 ten aces in four consecutive games.
Yerington is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-14 record this season. As for Lake Mead Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 18-5.
Everything went Lake Mead Christian Academy's way against Yerington in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, as Lake Mead Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 win. Does Lake Mead Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Yerington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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