The CORE Butte Lynx are taking a road trip to face off against the Chester Volcanoes at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. CORE Butte is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
CORE Butte proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Los Molinos, sneaking past 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Lynx have posted since September 13th.
CORE Butte wouldn't go down easily and took Los Molinos into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 24-26, 16-25, 25-23, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Chester earned a 3-1 victory over Burney on Thursday.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (94-87) Chester actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 10-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-21.
CORE Butte's record is now 16-6. As for Chester, their record now sits at 17-10.
CORE Butte beat Chester 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lynx since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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