The Nease Panthers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oakleaf Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Oakleaf took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Nease, who comes in off a win.
On Saturday, Nease had just enough and edged Tocoi Creek out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Nease got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 25-9, 20-25, 15-9.
Nease found their leader in underclassman Amanda Liddie, who had five digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Liddie a new career-high in aces.
Nease was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Oakleaf was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Bolles.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-20, 25-13.
Nease's win bumped their record up to 7-11. As for Oakleaf, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
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