The Dimond Lynx will take on the Wasilla Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Dimond sitting on five straight victories and Wasilla on three.
Dimond is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: South Anchorage, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Dimond was ranked first). Dimond walked away with a 3-1 win over South Anchorage on Thursday.
Dimond had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-17, 25-13, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Wasilla had just enough and edged Chugiak out 3-2 on Thursday.
Wasilla 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 25-20, 24-26, 21-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Dimond's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 30-4-3. As for Wasilla, their win bumped their record up to 29-3-2.
Dimond skirted past Wasilla 2-1 when the teams last played back in September. Will Dimond repeat their success, or does Wasilla have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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