The Lewis-Palmer Rangers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lutheran Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lewis-Palmer is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Cheyenne Mountain just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Red-Tailed Hawks by a score of 3-2. While the Rangers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Red-Tailed Hawks 25-14 in the first set.
Lewis-Palmer actually scored more points across those five sets (104-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 15-9.
Kyah Munguya put forth a good effort for the losing side as she had five digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Lutheran hadn't done well against Palmer Ridge recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Lutheran walked away with a 3-1 win over Palmer Ridge. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Lutheran had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-17, 25-19, 25-9.
Lewis-Palmer's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4. As for Lutheran, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 10-4.
Lewis-Palmer took their win against Lutheran in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lewis-Palmer since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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