Volleyball Preview: Palmer Terrors vs. Widefield Gladiators
Palmer is 10-0 against Widefield since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Palmer Terrors will welcome the Widefield Gladiators at 6:00 p.m. Palmer is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
On Tuesday, Palmer narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Mesa Ridge 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Palmer got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 18-25, 26-24, 19-25, 15-12.
Palmer was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Widefield lost 3-0 to Coronado on Tuesday. The Gladiators have struggled against the Cougars recently, as their game on Tuesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Widefield was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-18, 25-23.
Palmer pushed their record up to 12-9 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Widefield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
Palmer came out on top in a nail-biter against Widefield when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. Does Palmer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Widefield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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