The Perry Panthers will challenge the Marlington Dukes at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Perry is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 7th on Tuesday. They blew past McKinley 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Perry never let McKinley on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-22, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Marlington waltzed into their match on Thursday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Aviators.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Marlington was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-6, 25-14.
Among those leading the charge was Jacsyn Hilliard, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in November of 2023.
Marlington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 15 consecutive games.
Perry's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11. As for Marlington, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1.
Perry came up short against Marlington in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hilliard, who had 17 digs and two aces. Now that Perry knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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