The Maxwell Panthers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Quincy Trojans at 6:00 p.m. The last three games Maxwell has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Maxwell is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Williams just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Yellowjackets by a score of 3-2.
Maxwell took Williams into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Quincy entered their tilt with Lassen on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Grizzlies.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-21, 25-14.
Among those leading the charge was Jenna Peay, who had ten digs and four aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Quincy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 13.
Maxwell's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-9. As for Quincy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
Maxwell was able to grind out a solid win over Quincy in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Maxwell repeat their success, or does Quincy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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