The Phillips Wildcats will square off against the Julian Jaguars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
It was a proper cat-fight when Phillips took on Englewood Stem on Thursday. The Wildcats skirted past the Panthers 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Wildcats have posted since September 19, 2024.
Phillips was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (73-69), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-23, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Julian had just enough and edged out Woodlawn 2-1 on Thursday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Julian who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 18-25, 15-8.
Julian picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 3-4. As for Phillips, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-7.
Phillips was able to grind out a solid win over Julian in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 2-0. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Jaguars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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