Volleyball Game Preview: Tolono Unity Rockets vs. Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers

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Previous Games

10/03/24 - Away	2-1 W
09/21/23 - Home	2-0 W
09/29/22 - Away	2-1 W
09/23/21 - Home	2-0 W
04/10/21 - Away	1-2 L
+ 2 more games

Tolono Unity has gone 6-1 against Paxton-Buckley-Loda recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Rockets will be playing at home against the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Tolono Unity will be strutting in after a victory while Paxton-Buckley-Loda will be coming in after a loss.

On Thursday, Tolono Unity sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Prairie Central. The Rockets haven't had any issues with the Hawks recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Tolono Unity 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 19-25, 25-16, 25-20.

Meanwhile, Paxton-Buckley-Loda was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to Lexington. Surprisingly, this marked the Panthers' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20.

Paxton-Buckley-Loda's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Tolono Unity, their win bumped their record up to 14-10.

Tolono Unity came out on top in a nail-biter against Paxton-Buckley-Loda in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Rockets repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.