Volleyball Preview: Pine Ridge Panthers vs. Atlantic Sharks
Pine Ridge is on a three-game streak of home losses, Atlantic a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Pine Ridge Panthers will welcome the Atlantic Sharks at 7:00 p.m. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018.
Pine Ridge came up short against Seabreeze on Thursday, falling 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Panthers have suffered against the Sandcrabs since September 14, 2022.
After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-23, 25-18.
Defeat or not, Pine Ridge got some senior leadership from Karina Crespo and Paola Sanchez Seda. Crespo had 24 digs and four aces, while Sanchez Seda. had ten digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in aces.
Atlantic might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Seabreeze, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Atlantic came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-10, 25-19, 25-14.
Pine Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Atlantic, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Pine Ridge beat Atlantic 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Does Pine Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Atlantic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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