The West Panthers will take on the Cyprus Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
West is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Hunter just ended the team's ten-match winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Wolverines, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Panthers couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
While West was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Hunter's winning margin in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Cyprus narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Taylorsville 3-2. The victory continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now won seven in a row.
Cyprus wouldn't go down easily and took Taylorsville into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 15-9.
Cyprus had a senior duo take command as Saris Rengifo had 27 digs and two aces and Sara Johnson had 16 digs. Rengifo is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 14 or more in each of the last four games she's played.
Cyprus' win bumped their record up to 9-16. As for West, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 10-1 and their overall record down to 18-5.
West was able to grind out a solid victory over Cyprus in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Pirates have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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