Lake Stevens is 3-0 against Issaquah since November of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Lake Stevens Vikings have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Issaquah Eagles at 2:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Lake Stevens earned a 3-1 victory over Eastlake.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 23-25, 26-24, 27-25.
Lake Stevens can attribute much of their success to Ella Iseminger, who had 19 digs, and Audrey Iseminger, who had 15 digs. Ella is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played.
Lake Stevens 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 five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Issaquah hadn't done well against Skyline recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Issaquah beat Skyline by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-1. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Issaquah was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-17, 23-25, 25-18.
Issaquah's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Casey Kot, who had 24 digs and two aces, and Anna Ng, who had 14 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Ng a new career-high in aces.
Issaquah has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 29-3-1 record this season. As for Lake Stevens, they pushed their record up to 26-5-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Lake Stevens has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9 aces per game. However, it's not like Issaquah struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Lake Stevens' way against Issaquah in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as Lake Stevens made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Lake Stevens repeat their success, or does Issaquah have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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