After flying high against Blooming Prairie last Thursday, Hayfield came back down to earth. The Hayfield Vikings fell 3-1 to the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals on Monday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Vikings of the 2-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September of 2023.
While Hayfield had to take the loss, they sure made a game of it, especially in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 14-25, 25-13, 25-23.
Lewiston-Altura found their leader in underclassman Alaina Barkeim, who had 13 digs and two aces.
Hayfield dropped their record down to 2-8 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Lewiston-Altura, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Hayfield will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Kenyon-Wanamingo at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lewiston-Altura, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-1 loss vs. Cotter on the 17th.
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