On Saturday, Lockwood faced Billings Central Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lockwood LIONS fell just short of the Billings Central Catholic Rams by a score of 2-1. The LIONS were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Rams apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played on October 1st.
Lockwood started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-16, 15-11.
Among those leading the charge was Kaitlyn Foster, who had seven digs and two aces.
Lockwood's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-8. As for Billings Central Catholic, the win was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-1-1.
Lockwood will head out to challenge Park at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Billings Central Catholic, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Frenchtown on the 19th.
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