Volleyball Game Preview: Greenwood Woodmen vs. New Palestine Dragons

By Team Reports Oct 12, 2024, 12:28am

Volleyball Preview: Greenwood Woodmen vs. New Palestine Dragons

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Greenwood is 1-7 against New Palestine since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Greenwood Woodmen will face off against the New Palestine Dragons at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Greenwood is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Thursday. They came up short against Southport, falling 3-0.

While Greenwood was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Southport's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-14, 25-21.

Meanwhile, New Palestine faced Mt. Vernon in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. New Palestine fell 3-1 to Mt. Vernon. While the Dragons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Marauders 25-20 in the first set.

New Palestine started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.

Greenwood's defeat dropped their record down to 4-24. As for New Palestine, their loss dropped their record down to 27-4.

Greenwood came up short against New Palestine when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Greenwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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