On Saturday, Lewisburg faced DeSoto Central in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lewisburg Patriots fell just short of the DeSoto Central Jaguars by a score of 2-1. The Patriots were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Jaguars apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played last Tuesday.
Lewisburg actually scored more points across those three sets (73-71), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-24, 18-25, 26-24.
This is the second loss in a row for Lewisburg and nudges their season record down to 25-9. As for DeSoto Central, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 20-12.
Lewisburg will take on Regents at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lewisburg will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive. As for DeSoto Central, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 loss vs. Lake Cormorant on the 28th.
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