After flying high against Prairie du Chien last Tuesday, Luther came back down to earth. The Luther Knights fell just short of the Richland Center Hornets by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Knights have struggled against the Hornets recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Luther took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-14, 15-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-6.
Their offense was headlined by
Bella Matzke and
Maggie Bettin, who picked up nine kills apiece. They got some help from
Allie Zittel and her 32 assists.
Addie Schaper and
Kamryn Anderson kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with two aces apiece.
Luther moved to 18-14 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Richland Center, they pushed their record up to 31-8 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home.
Luther does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Richland Center has already played their next game, a 3-2 defeat against Aquinas on the 26th.
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