Turtle Lake can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Clayton Bears out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Lakers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Turtle Lake was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-17, 15-13.
Turtle Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight games.
Despite the loss, Clayton still got an impressive performance from Christine Pickard, who had nine digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Pickard a new career-high in aces.
Turtle Lake's victory bumped their record up to 3-15. As for Clayton, they dropped their record down to 5-13 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
After both having extra time off, Turtle Lake and Northwood will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Turtle Lake is facing Northwood at the right time seeing as Northwood is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Clayton, they will head out to face off against Unity at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Unity will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Clayton surely won't give up without a fight.
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