Turtle Lake is 10-0 against Northwood since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:15 p.m. Northwood took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Turtle Lake, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Turtle Lake finally turned things around against Clayton on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Bears 3-2.
Turtle Lake was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-17, 15-13.
Turtle Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight matches.
Meanwhile, Northwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Shell Lake, falling 3-0.
While Northwood was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Shell Lake's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-17, 25-19.
Turtle Lake's victory bumped their record up to 3-15. As for Northwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Everything went Turtle Lake's way against Northwood in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Turtle Lake made off with a 3-0 win. Will Turtle Lake repeat their success, or does Northwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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