Volleyball Game Preview: Jersey Panthers vs. Waterloo Bulldogs + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2025, 1:50am

Volleyball Preview: Jersey Panthers vs. Waterloo Bulldogs

HOW TO WATCH: This match will be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the IL High School Assn. (IHSA) & Waterloo High School. Watch Full Replay

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Jersey hasn't had much luck against Waterloo recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Bulldogs at 6:15 p.m. Jersey will be strutting in after a win while Waterloo will be coming in after a loss.

Jersey is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since August 30th on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Civic Memorial 2-1.

Jersey had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-15, 25-18.

Meanwhile, Waterloo didn't have quite enough to beat Triad on Tuesday and fell 2-1. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 25-15 in the first set.

Waterloo actually scored more points across those three sets (69-65), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 25-21, 25-23.

Jersey's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 13-8. As for Waterloo, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 15-2.

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