Yerington and North Tahoe are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2019, but not for long. The Yerington Lions will venture away from home to square off against the North Tahoe Lakers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Tahoe took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Yerington, who comes in off a win.
Yerington took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Oasis Academy with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Yerington took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-8, 25-13.
Meanwhile, North Tahoe unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Pershing County by a score of 3-2.
North Tahoe took Pershing County into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The final score came out to 27-25, 25-21, 25-27, 20-25, 15-10.
North Tahoe's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Marlo Johnson, who had 29 digs, and Mishel Suarez, who had 13 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Suarez has posted since back in August.
Yerington has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-12 record this season. As for North Tahoe, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6.
Yerington might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from North Tahoe in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Yerington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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