Northwestern has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Indian Lake Lakers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Wednesday, everything went Northwestern's way against Graham Local as Northwestern made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Indian Lake waltzed into their match on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Roughriders 3-0.
Indian Lake's got stronger as the match went on, holding Memorial to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-16, 25-6.
Indian Lake's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Riley Ross, who had 13 digs. Ross is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 14 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alivia Kinney, who had four aces, three digs, and two kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Indian Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive contests.
Northwestern's record now sits at 9-11. As for Indian Lake, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-3.
Northwestern came up short against Indian Lake when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Northwestern avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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