After both having extra time off, the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs and the East Clinton Astros will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Lynchburg-Clay will be strutting in after a win while East Clinton will be coming in after a defeat.
East Clinton is hoping to do what West Union couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Lynchburg-Clay's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Lynchburg-Clay put the hurt on West Union with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Mustangs have posted against the Dragons since September 15, 2020.
While Lynchburg-Clay won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-17, 25-23.
Lynchburg-Clay can attribute much of their success to Ava Doughman, who had nine digs.
Lynchburg-Clay was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, East Clinton's good fortune finally ran out last Wednesday. They fell just short of Wilmington by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, East Clinton sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-21, 19-25, 25-13, 22-25, 15-13.
Lynchburg-Clay has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for East Clinton, their loss dropped their record down to 13-4.
Lynchburg-Clay suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Clinton in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Lynchburg-Clay avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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