After both having extra time off, the New Castle Trojans and the NorthWood Panthers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with New Castle sitting on eight straight wins and NorthWood on 11.
New Castle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Heritage.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 26-24.
If New Prairie wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played NorthWood, they should've done a better job of containing Anna Roeder. NorthWood came out on top against New Prairie by a score of 3-1 on Saturday thanks in part to Roeder, who had 16 digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last six games she's played.
NorthWood got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 30-32, 25-17, 25-19.
NorthWood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
New Castle is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 25-9 record this season. As for NorthWood, their victory bumped their record up to 29-6.
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