Volleyball Preview: Woodland Warriors vs. Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers
The Woodland Warriors will challenge the Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Woodland is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Henry-Senachwine just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Mallards by a score of 2-1. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mallards 25-14 in the first period.
Woodland started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-14, 25-20.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Gardner-South Wilmington sidestepped Illinois Lutheran for a 2-1 victory.
Gardner-South Wilmington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-19, 25-18.
Woodland's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7. As for Gardner-South Wilmington, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Woodland came out on top in a nail-biter against Gardner-South Wilmington in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Woodland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gardner-South Wilmington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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