Lakeside and Madison are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The Lakeside Dragons will stay at home for another game and welcome the Madison Blue Streaks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Lakeside came up short against Jefferson Area and fell 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 27-25, 20-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Madison didn't have quite enough to beat Geneva on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Blue Streaks haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Madison took Geneva into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 22-25, 15-13.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Jadeyn Zepeda, who had ten digs and four aces. She is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted nine or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Ally Negin, who had eight digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Madison was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 18.2.
Lakeside now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Madison, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Lakeside beat Madison 3-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Madison's Shay Roby, who had 21 digs and four aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lakeside still be able to contain Roby? There's only one way to find out.
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