Volleyball Game Preview: Panther Creek on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 2:16am

Volleyball Preview: Panther Creek Panthers vs. Gainesville Leopards

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The Panther Creek Panthers will square off against the Gainesville Leopards at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Panther Creek's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Gainesville has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.

Panther Creek will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Celina, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Panther Creek came out on top against Celina by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.

Panther Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 26-24.

Madison Willingham was the offensive standout of the game as she had 18 digs and two aces.

Meanwhile, Gainesville came up short against Aubrey on Friday, falling 3-0.

After all that action, the final score was 25-5, 25-8, 25-10.

Panther Creek has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Gainesville, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.

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