Lewis-Palmer waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks. This was payback for the Rangers, who suffered a 3-2 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Lewis-Palmer 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 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-23.
Brooke Gennerman paced Lewis-Palmer's offense, picking up 26 kills. Gennerman got some help from
Lauren Weis and her 22 assists. Gennerman was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
When it comes to explaining why Cheyenne Mountain lost, don't look at Brynn Ressler. Despite the final result, she had 24 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Ressler has posted in her last nine contests.
Lewis-Palmer pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Cheyenne Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Lewis-Palmer will stay at home for another game and welcome Niwot at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they will take on Air Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cheyenne Mountain is facing Air Academy at the right time seeing as Air Academy is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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