A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on the King's Academy Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, Pine Crest had just enough and edged Cardinal Gibbons out 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Pine Crest who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 19-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, King's Academy waltzed into their game on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eagles , sneaking past 3-2.
King's Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-11.
Pine Crest's victory bumped their record up to 15-6. As for King's Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Pine Crest suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to King's Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Pine Crest have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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