Elkhart typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Westwood proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Elkhart Elks. That's more bragging rights for the Panthers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-102) Westwood actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-18, 16-14.
Leading Westwood to victory were Addyson Nettles and Paxtyn Coker. Nettles had 25 digs and two aces, while Coker had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces Nettles has posted since back in September.
Westwood moved to 22-10 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Elkhart, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 23-13.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Westwood will square off against Buffalo at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Westwood is facing Buffalo at the right time seeing as Buffalo is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for Elkhart, they will challenge Fairfield at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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