The Hoisington Cardinals's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Nickerson Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Hoisington is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Ellinwood just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1. While the Cardinals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 27-25 in the first period.
Hoisington might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Ellinwood: every set was decided by two points or less. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 27-25, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Nickerson came up short against Smoky Valley on Thursday and fell 2-0.
Nickerson was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 29-27.
Hoisington's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-4. As for Nickerson, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16-1.
Hoisington came up short against Nickerson when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Hoisington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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