Clayton is 1-9 against Turtle Lake since October of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Clayton Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Turtle Lake Lakers at 7:15 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Friday, Clayton had just enough and edged Prairie Farm out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Clayton was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Clayton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Turtle Lake came into Tuesday's matchup having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Clear Lake 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (109-99) Turtle Lake actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 18-25, 14-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Clayton has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-17 record this season. As for Turtle Lake, they pushed their record up to 8-23 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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