The Gateway Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Colonial Grenadiers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gateway has three straight wins, Colonial has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, Gateway sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over St. Cloud. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Panthers have posted against the Bulldogs since September 21, 2022.
Gateway took St. Cloud into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-13, 23-25, 20-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Colonial came up short against Liberty on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
Colonial was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-20, 25-23.
Colonial's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Gateway, their victory bumped their record up to 14-5.
Gateway took their win against Colonial when the teams last played last Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers since the squad 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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