The Oregon Panthers will challenge the Beloit Memorial Purple Knights at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Beloit Memorial took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Oregon, who comes in off a win.
Oregon will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Monona Grove, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Oregon narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Monona Grove 3-2.
Oregon was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next four for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 19-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-7.
Oregon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Alexis Fields, who had 12 digs, and Devin HowarD, who had 14 digs and two aces. The last time Howard's hitting percentage was this high was last Thursday.
Oregon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Beloit Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Deerfield.
Beloit Memorial came into the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-17.
Oregon's win bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Beloit Memorial, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Oregon was able to grind out a solid victory over Beloit Memorial in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Does Oregon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Beloit Memorial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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