Volleyball Preview: McKinleyville Panthers vs. Eureka Loggers
McKinleyville is 1-9 against Eureka since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The McKinleyville Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eureka Loggers at 6:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
McKinleyville is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game last Saturday. They fell 2-0 to St. Bernard's.
McKinleyville was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the 0th set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Eureka didn't have quite enough to beat Arcata on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Loggers haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Eureka took Arcata into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-16, 25-16, 21-25, 15-10.
McKinleyville's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Eureka, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
McKinleyville might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Eureka in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can McKinleyville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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