After both having extra time off, the Palmer Moose and the North Pole Patriots will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Pole took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Palmer, who comes in off a win.
Palmer is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Palmer was ranked 13th). Palmer came out on top against Colony by a score of 3-1 last Tuesday.
Palmer was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 25-14.
Palmer's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Laekyn Leroux, who had 26 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Samantha Thomas, who had 11 digs and 17 assists.
Palmer was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last 15 matchups.
Meanwhile, North Pole came up short against Lathrop on October 3rd, falling 3-0.
North Pole was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-11, 25-22.
Palmer has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-17-2 record this season. As for North Pole, they dropped their record down to 8-12-2 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
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