Volleyball Preview: Palm Springs Indians vs. La Quinta Blackhawks
Palm Springs hasn't had much luck against La Quinta recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Palm Springs Indians will venture away from home to challenge the La Quinta Blackhawks at 6:00 p.m. Palm Springs will be strutting in after a victory while La Quinta will be coming in after a defeat.
Palm Springs took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Shadow Hills.
The final score came out to 25-21, 25-16, 21-25, 25-16.
Palm Springs' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Shayna Manning, who had 21 digs, seven aces, and five kills, and Hayden Murdoch, who had 19 digs. That's the most aces Manning has posted since back in August.
Palm Springs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 10.4.
Meanwhile, La Quinta came up short against Palm Desert on Thursday, falling 3-0.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-18, 25-13.
Palm Springs' record is now 6-10. As for La Quinta, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
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