After flying high against Oasis Academy on Friday, Battle Mountain came back down to earth. The Longhorns took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Yerington Lions on Saturday. If the Longhorns were looking for revenge after losing 3-0 to the Lions when the teams met back in October of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.
While Battle Mountain ultimately came up short, they really made Yerington work, particularly in the first set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17.
Eimilie Johnson paced Battle Mountain's offense, picking up 12 kills. Johnson got some help from Jazmin Johnson and her 29 assists. Addison Matheus controlled things from the service line, finishing with four aces.
Battle Mountain's record is now 12-7. As for Yerington, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 9-3.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Battle Mountain is set to challenge their familiar foe West Wendover at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Yerington will square off against rival North Tahoe at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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