Volleyball Preview: Pontiac Indians vs. Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers
Pontiac is 3-0 against Gardner-South Wilmington since October of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Pontiac Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Gardner-South Wilmington took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Pontiac, who comes in off a win.
Pontiac took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Paxton-Buckley-Loda out 2-1.
Pontiac had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-12, 25-18.
Pontiac was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Gardner-South Wilmington didn't have quite enough to beat Dwight on Wednesday and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Gardner-South Wilmington sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-16, 24-26, 25-21.
Pontiac pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Gardner-South Wilmington, their loss dropped their record down to 14-10.
Pontiac was able to grind out a solid win over Gardner-South Wilmington when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pontiac since the squad 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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