Volleyball Game Preview: Spring Lake Park Panthers vs. Jordan Hubmen / Jaguars

The Spring Lake Park Panthers will challenge the Jordan Hubmen / Jaguars at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Spring Lake Park is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Rogers just ended the team's ten-match winning streak on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Royals. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Panthers have suffered since September 9th.

Spring Lake Park was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-14, 25-22.

Meanwhile, Jordan had already won ten in a row and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against the Stars. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hubmen / Jaguars have posted since September 8th.

The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Jordan who won the one that mattered. The final score came out to 25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-10.

Spring Lake Park's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 12-5. As for Jordan, their victory bumped their record up to 21-1.

Spring Lake Park couldn't quite get it done against Jordan when the teams last played back in September of 2024 as they fell 2-0. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.