It was a proper cat-fight when Knob Noster challenged Excelsior Springs on Tuesday. The Knob Noster Panthers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Excelsior Springs Tigers. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 defeat the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2022.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (100-89) Knob Noster actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 4-25, 15-9.
Excelsior Springs lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Maddie Breshears, who had nine digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Breshears a new career-high in aces.
Knob Noster has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-15-3 record this season. As for Excelsior Springs, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-19-1 record this season.
Knob Noster wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Odessa on the 23rd. Excelsior Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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