The Lone Oak Buffaloes will be playing at home against the Mount Vernon Tigers at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Lone Oak will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak alive.
Lone Oak will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Rains, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Lone Oak walked away with a 3-1 win over Rains on Friday.
Lone Oak was especially dominant in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 18-25, 25-15, 25-22.
Lone Oak found their leader in underclassman Machenzie Jackson, who had 22 digs and four aces. Jackson has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Lone Oak was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon didn't have quite enough to beat Chisum on Friday and fell 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost four in a row.
Mount Vernon took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-13, 21-25, 25-12, 15-7.
Lone Oak has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 24-9 record this season. As for Mount Vernon, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-21.
Lone Oak was able to grind out a solid victory over Mount Vernon in their previous matchup on October 3rd, winning 3-1. Will Lone Oak repeat their success, or does Mount Vernon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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