The Middle Park Panthers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Gunnison Cowboys at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Middle Park's tournament run continued when they took on Meeker on Friday. Middle Park had just enough and edged Meeker out 2-1.
Middle Park had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-18, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Gunnison came tearing into Friday's match with ten straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Miners.
Gunnison easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-19.
Gunnison got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ruthie Lock out in front who had nine digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Lock a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Aubrey Welfelt, who had eight digs, five kills, and two aces.
Gunnison was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matchups.
Middle Park's record is now 14-7. As for Gunnison, their record is now 19-2.
Middle Park came up short against Gunnison in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Middle Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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