Volleyball Preview: Darlington Redbirds vs. Iowa-Grant Panthers
Darlington is 9-1 against Iowa-Grant since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Darlington Redbirds will welcome the Iowa-Grant Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Darlington will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Darlington is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since September 17th on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Riverdale.
The win didn't come easy: Riverdale scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-9, 25-15.
Darlington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Iowa-Grant hadn't done well against Riverdale recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Iowa-Grant won by a set and slipped past Riverdale 3-2. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Panthers as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Iowa-Grant was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-107), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-21, 25-27, 25-23, 16-14.
Darlington now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Iowa-Grant, their win bumped their record up to 3-10.
Darlington was able to grind out a solid victory over Iowa-Grant in their previous meeting on Saturday, winning 2-0. Does Darlington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Iowa-Grant turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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