Lee County has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Pinecrest Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Wednesday, Lee County didn't have quite enough to beat Northwood and fell 3-2.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Lee County lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Pinecrest entered their tilt with Southern Lee on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Cavaliers with a sharp 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Pinecrest's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-13, 25-10.
Pinecrest's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jase Fink led the charge by getting six aces and four digs. The dominant performance gave Fink a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Hailey Gibbons, who had 11 digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Pinecrest was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
Lee County's loss dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Pinecrest, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Lee County suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Pinecrest in their previous meeting on September 5th. Can Lee County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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