Lutheran has been on the road for five straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Pattonville Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Lutheran made easy work of Rosati-Kain and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Lutheran was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-14, 25-5.
Lutheran's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Samantha O'Day led the charge by getting six digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave O'Day a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Charly Scherer, who had four digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Lutheran was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Pattonville entered their tilt with Burroughs on Saturday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They came out on top against the Bombers by a score of 2-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-20.
Lutheran now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Pattonville, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: Lutheran has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Pattonville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lutheran came up short against Pattonville in their previous matchup back in August of 2022, falling 3-1. Can Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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