The CORE Butte Lynx will face off against the Burney Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
CORE Butte is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Redding Christian just ended the team's four-match winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 3-2.
CORE Butte started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 23-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Burney came up short against Redding Christian on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-13, 25-6.
Burney's defeat dropped their record down to 10-15. As for CORE Butte, their loss dropped their record down to 17-7.
CORE Butte took their win against Burney in their previous meeting on October 7th by a conclusive 3-0 score. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Raiders' Alexis Witzel, who had 42 digs and three blocks. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Lynx still be able to contain Witzel? There's only one way to find out.
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