After flying high against East Rochester last Thursday, Lyons came back down to earth. The Lyons Lions fell just short of the Le Roy Oatkan Knights by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Lions' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Lyons wouldn't go down easily and took Le Roy into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-18, 15-25, 25-16, 15-13.
Even though they lost, Lyons was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in seven consecutive contests.
Le Roy can attribute much of their success to Kylee Green, who had 17 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Green has posted in her last seven matchups.
Lyons' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-6. As for Le Roy, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 12-3.
Lyons will stay at home for another game and welcome Marion at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Marion will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Lyons surely won't give up without a fight. Le Roy has already played their next game, a 3-2 defeat against Spencerport on the 21st.
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