Volleyball Preview: Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats vs. Evansville Reitz Panthers
Evansville Mater Dei and Evansville Reitz are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Evansville Mater Dei is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Evansville Memorial just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Evansville Mater Dei took Evansville Memorial into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 23-25, 22-25, 28-26, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Posey.
Evansville Reitz started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-15.
Evansville Mater Dei's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6. As for Evansville Reitz, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
Evansville Mater Dei took their victory against Evansville Reitz when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evansville Mater Dei since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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