Lordstown is on an eight-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Mathews a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Lordstown Red Devils will host the Mathews Mustangs at 7:00 p.m.
Lordstown came up short against Badger on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-7, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Mathews posted their biggest victory since September 11, 2023 on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Bristol.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Mathews was: they took every set by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-8, 25-7.
Mathews' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kat Rowan, who had ten digs and seven aces, and Madi Darlington, who had six aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Rowan a new career-high in aces.
Mathews was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Lordstown's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Mathews, their win bumped their record up to 2-9.
Lordstown skirted past Mathews 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Lordstown repeat their success, or does Mathews have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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