Jim Thorpe won the last time they faced Lehighton, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Jim Thorpe Olympians had just enough and edged the Lehighton Indians out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Olympians.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Jim Thorpe got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-10.
Jim Thorpe was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 12 aces in three consecutive matches.
Despite the loss, Lehighton still got an impressive performance from Autumn Clewell, who had eight digs and four aces. That's the most aces Clewell has posted in her last six contests. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyla Kershner, who had 18 digs and two aces.
Jim Thorpe pushed their record up to 13-5-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Lehighton, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5.
Jim Thorpe didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-1 victory against Stroudsburg on the 1st. Lehighton has also already played their next matchup, a 3-1 win against Pocono Mountain West on the 30th.
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