The Prairie View Thunderhawks will head out on the road to square off against the Boulder Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Prairie View has three straight victories, Boulder has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Prairie View proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Brighton 3-2. The game was the first time the Thunderhawks have beaten the Bulldogs on their court since October 9, 2018.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Prairie View got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 17-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Boulder lost 3-0 to Westminster on Tuesday.
Boulder took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-20, 25-22.
Boulder's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Prairie View, their win bumped their record up to 13-5.
Prairie View skirted past Boulder 3-2 in their previous meeting last Wednesday. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Thunderhawks 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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