The Harding County Ranchers will square off against the Lemmon Cowboys at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Harding County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past McIntosh 3-0. Winning may never get old, but the Ranchers sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-20.
Lainey Crago was a one-man wrecking crew for Harding County as she had six digs and three aces. Crago is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 14 or more in the last five games she's played.
Harding County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Lemmon entered their tilt with Dupree on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with a 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Cowboys have posted against the Tigers since October 26, 2020.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-15, 25-18.
Harding County pushed their record up to 28-8 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lemmon, their win bumped their record up to 16-13.
Harding County beat Lemmon 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Harding County repeat their success, or does Lemmon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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