Manhattan is 3-0 against Derby since October of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Manhattan Indians will head out to face off against the Derby Panthers at 2:00 p.m. Manhattan will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Manhattan will bounce into Saturday's matchup after beating Maize South, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Manhattan sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Maize South last Thursday.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Manhattan got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-21.
Manhattan can attribute much of their success to Dakotah Garcia, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Derby challenged Andover Central on Tuesday. Derby fell just short of Andover Central by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Jaguars: they've now lost five in a row.
Derby started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-20, 25-22.
Derby's loss came about despite a quality game from Ella Ediger, who had 18 digs. Ediger is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Manhattan is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-15 record this season. As for Derby, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-23.
Manhattan was able to grind out a solid victory over Derby when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Manhattan since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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