Axtell has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Centralia Panthers on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Axtell didn't have quite enough to beat Linn and fell 2-1.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Axtell lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Centralia sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Linn on Tuesday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Centralia who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-27, 25-17.
Axtell has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season. As for Centralia, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season.
Axtell came up short against Centralia in their previous meeting on Tuesday, falling 2-0. Can Axtell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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