Volleyball Preview: Paris Wildcats vs. Sulphur Springs Wildcats
Paris is 2-8 against Sulphur Springs since August of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Paris Wildcats will be staying on the road to face off against the Sulphur Springs Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Paris can't be too worried about heading out to take on Sulphur Springs: they just beat North Lamar at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Paris had just enough and edged North Lamar out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-100) Paris actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 19-25, 26-24, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10.
Among those leading the charge was Makenzie Besteman, who had 18 digs and a kill. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 11 games she's played dating back to last season.
Paris kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Sulphur Springs had just enough and edged Pittsburg out 3-2 on Tuesday.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Sulphur Springs got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-6.
Paris' win bumped their record up to 26-13. As for Sulphur Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-14 record this season.
Paris came out on top in a nail-biter against Sulphur Springs in their previous meeting on October 8th, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Paris since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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