Volleyball Game Preview: Gregory-Portland Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 11, 2024, 3:32am

Volleyball Preview: Gregory-Portland Wildcats vs. King Mustangs

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Gregory-Portland is 10-0 against King since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Gregory-Portland Wildcats will square off against the King Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Gregory-Portland is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Flour Bluff just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The loss continues a trend for them in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now lost five in a row.

After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-23, 25-19.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, King's good fortune finally ran out last Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial.

King took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-9.

Gregory-Portland's defeat dropped their record down to 14-14. As for King, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.

Gregory-Portland skirted past King 3-2 in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Will Gregory-Portland repeat their success, or does King have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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