Peoria hasn't had much luck against Deer Valley recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Peoria Panthers will be staying on the road to face off against the Deer Valley Skyhawks at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Peoria lost 3-0 to Cactus on Monday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-13, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Deer Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Cactus on Wednesday and fell 3-2. While the Skyhawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Cobras 25-19 in the first set.
Deer Valley took Cactus into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-15, 12-25, 25-17, 15-11.
Even though they lost, Deer Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Peoria's loss dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Deer Valley, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-18.
Peoria suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Deer Valley in their previous meeting on October 9th. Can Peoria avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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