Lee's Summit was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of the Truman Patriots by a score of 3-2. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Patriots apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2019.
Lee's Summit actually scored more points across those five sets (109-107), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 17-25, 19-25, 25-17, 21-19.
Despite the loss, Lee's Summit still got an impressive performance from Maycie Martin, who had 16 digs.
Even though they lost, Lee's Summit was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive matches.
Lee's Summit's loss dropped their record down to 5-26. As for Truman, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 31-4-1.
Lee's Summit does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Truman, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 defeat against Raymore-Peculiar on the 26th.
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