The Perkins Pirates are on the road again on Monday to play the Lake Flyers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Perkins will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Vermilion, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Perkins came out on top against Vermilion by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. The win was some much needed relief for the Pirates as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Lake rose to the challenge on Thursday. They blew past the Golden Bears 3-0. The victory was familiar territory for the Flyers who have now won five games in a row.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lake was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-8, 25-10.
Sydney Marchetto and Calli Conley were among the main playmakers for Lake as the former had 16 digs and the latter had eight digs.
Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in five consecutive matches.
Perkins' record now sits at 6-17. As for Lake, they pushed their record up to 17-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Perkins might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lake when the teams last played back in September. Can Perkins avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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