Raymore-Peculiar is 1-9 against Liberty North since October of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Panthers will be playing at home against the Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Raymore-Peculiar is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
Raymore-Peculiar proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Staley. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Panthers have posted since September 13th.
Raymore-Peculiar was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 23-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-11.
The home team had come away the winner the last six times Liberty North and Lee's Summit West had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Eagles took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Titans on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their meetings with the Titans: they've now lost four in a row.
Liberty North started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16.
Raymore-Peculiar will have to contain Olivia Derenzy as she made an impact in Liberty North's last game. She had 14 digs and two aces. Derenzy has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Liberty North's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Raymore-Peculiar, their win bumped their record up to 11-3.
Raymore-Peculiar was able to grind out a solid victory over Liberty North when the teams last played on September 4th, winning 3-1. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
