Volleyball Game Preview: Neuwirth Leadership Academy Boxers vs. Gertz-Ressler Pumas

The Neuwirth Leadership Academy Boxers will challenge the Gertz-Ressler Pumas at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neuwirth Leadership Academy will be strutting in after a win while Gertz-Ressler will be coming in after a loss.

Neuwirth Leadership Academy will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating New Designs University Park, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Neuwirth Leadership Academy narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past New Designs University Park 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Boxers.

Neuwirth Leadership Academy took New Designs University Park into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 15-11.

Meanwhile, Gertz-Ressler came up short against New Designs University Park on Friday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Pumas in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost five in a row.

Gertz-Ressler was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-22, 25-10.

Neuwirth Leadership Academy will have to keep a close watch on Fernando Ramirez and Emilio Garcia, a pair of players who had a big impact on Gertz-Ressler's prior game. Ramirez had 23 digs, while Garcia had 11 digs and two aces. Those 23 digs gave Ramirez a new career-high.

Neuwirth Leadership Academy's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Gertz-Ressler, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.

Neuwirth Leadership Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Gertz-Ressler in their previous matchup back in March, winning 3-1. Will Neuwirth Leadership Academy repeat their success, or does Gertz-Ressler has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.