Lancaster is 1-9 against Northumberland since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lancaster Red Devils are on the road again to play the Northumberland Indians at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Lancaster's way against Colonial Beach as Lancaster made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Red Devils have posted against the Drifters since October 10, 2019.
Lancaster never let Colonial Beach on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-22.
Lancaster can attribute much of their success to Lily Hathaway, who had 11 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Lancaster was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Northumberland had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Raiders.
Lancaster pushed their record up to 8-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Northumberland, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5-1 record this season.
Lancaster came up short against Northumberland in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Lancaster avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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