Volleyball Preview: Holyoke Dragons vs. Prairie Mustangs        
        
		
             The Holyoke Dragons will head out on the road to  challenge  the Prairie Mustangs  at 5:00  p.m.  on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
 Last Thursday,  it was close, but  Holyoke sidestepped Wray for  a  3-2 victory. The  win made it back-to-back  victories for the Dragons.
 Holyoke took Wray into a fifth set  where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-17, 25-15, 21-25,  15-11.
 Meanwhile, Prairie had to endure  a  four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged Caliche out  3-2.
 Prairie wouldn't go down easily and took Caliche into a fifth set  where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 23-25,  15-10.
 Holyoke's win  ended  a  six-game drought at home  dating back to last season and  bumped them up to 6-9. As for Prairie, they now  have a winning record of 6-5.
 Holyoke beat Prairie 3-1  in their previous meeting  back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holyoke 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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