The Billings Wildcats will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Lockwood Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The last three games Billings has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
It was a proper cat-fight when Billings took on Lesterville on Saturday. Billings fell just short of Lesterville by a score of 2-1. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bearcats 25-18 in the first set.
Billings actually scored more points across those three sets (69-68), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-23, 25-21.
Lockwood had won three straight games and Amaleiya Cerrone did her part to make it four on Thursday. Lockwood blew past Greenfield 3-0 thanks in part to Cerrone, who had 18 digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last seven matches.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lockwood was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-9.
Billings' loss dropped their record down to 8-7-2. As for Lockwood, they pushed their record up to 15-17-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Billings came out on top in a nail-biter against Lockwood when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Billings repeat their success, or does Lockwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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