There's no place like home for CORE Butte, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They skirted past the Hamilton Braves 3-2. For the Lynx, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 defeat the Braves walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was CORE Butte who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 11-25, 25-16, 10-25, 15-13.
Leading CORE Butte to victory were Xitlali Gonzalez and Apple Bolton. Gonzalez had 14 digs, while Bolton had four blocks, two kills, and two aces. With that strong performance, Bolton is now averaging an impressive 2 blocks per game.
CORE Butte was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in six consecutive contests.
CORE Butte has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Hamilton, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-10.
CORE Butte will challenge Burney at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. CORE Butte is facing Burney at the right time seeing as Burney is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Hamilton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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