Volleyball Preview: Prairie Heights Panthers vs. West Noble Chargers
The Prairie Heights Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the West Noble Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Prairie Heights has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while West Noble will arrive with three straight wins.
Last Thursday, Prairie Heights didn't have quite enough to beat Lakeland and fell 3-2. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lakers 26-24 in the first set.
Prairie Heights started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 16-14.
Meanwhile, West Noble hadn't done well against Wawasee recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. West Noble blew past Wawasee 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Chargers have posted against the Warriors since October 2, 2018.
West Noble never let Wawasee on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-16.
West Noble relied on the efforts of Darcy Ritchie, who had eight digs, and Alexis Deel, who had three digs.
West Noble was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive contests.
Prairie Heights' loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for West Noble, they pushed their record up to 20-7 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Prairie Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against West Noble when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Prairie Heights have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Noble turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
