Weed hasn't had much luck against Mt. Shasta recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:30 p.m.
Weed is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest loss since August 29th on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Fall River.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-15, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Mt. Shasta entered their tilt with Etna on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Lions.
Mt. Shasta was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-15, 15-25, 25-20.
Mt. Shasta can attribute much of their success to Nadia Lintz, who had 12 digs and five aces, and Kaley Lanier, who had 12 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Lintz has posted since back in September.
Mt. Shasta was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.8.
Weed's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Mt. Shasta, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season.
Weed came up short against Mt. Shasta in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Weed avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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