Norton and Northwest are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Norton Panthers will challenge the Northwest Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Norton is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
On Thursday, everything went Norton's way against Streetsboro as Norton made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Norton won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 25-23.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Northwest, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Manchester on Thursday, sneaking past 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Northwest who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-27, 25-19, 23-25, 15-7.
Norton's win bumped their record up to 14-2. As for Northwest, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-11.
Everything went Norton's way against Northwest in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Norton made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Norton 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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