The Palmer Ridge Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Lutheran Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Palmer Ridge took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Discovery Canyon out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Palmer Ridge got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 26-24, 18-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Lutheran entered their tilt with Air Academy on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Kadets as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Lutheran won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 28-26, 25-17.
Palmer Ridge's win bumped their record up to 10-7. As for Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Palmer Ridge came up short against Lutheran in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Can Palmer Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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