The Austin Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Galeton Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Austin is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest defeat since October 12, 2023 on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Cameron County. The match marked the first time this year in which the Panthers were not able to get on the board.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 26-24, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Galeton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cameron County.
Galeton actually scored more points across those four sets (87-84), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 9-25, 25-21, 25-21.
Even though they lost, Galeton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
This is the second loss in a row for Austin and nudges their season record down to 3-5. As for Galeton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Austin skirted past Galeton 3-2 when the teams last played on September 5th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Austin 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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