On Monday St. Stephens will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the East Lincoln Mustangs at 5:30 p.m.
Last Wednesday, St. Stephens didn't have quite enough to beat North Lincoln and fell 3-2.
St. Stephens started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 16-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-9.
Meanwhile, East Lincoln had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Tigers.
East Lincoln was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the second set to get the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-23, 25-21.
East Lincoln can attribute much of their success to Gianna Borcich, who had 11 digs.
East Lincoln was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 14.5.
St. Stephens' loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 6-7. As for East Lincoln, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season.
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