The Paetow Panthers will square off against the Tompkins Falcons at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Coming off a road loss, Paetow was happy to be home on Tuesday where their crowd gave them all the motivation they needed. They came out on top against Mayde Creek by a score of 3-1.
Paetow had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Tompkins made easy work of Morton Ranch on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Tompkins took every set by at least 12 points. The final set scores came out to 25-13, 25-13, 25-13.
Paetow better focus on containing Drew Merrell and Ava Johnk as the pair were huge in Tompkins' win. Merrell had 11 assists, six digs, and four aces, while Johnk had eight digs and seven kills. The team also got some help from Annabelle Journeycake, who had eight digs and three assists.
Paetow's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 18-18. As for Tompkins, they have now won 19 of their last 20 games on the road. That's helped them to a 27-7 record this season.
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