A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Terrell Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Midlothian has 13 straight victories, Terrell has 14 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, Midlothian got the win against Midlothian Heritage by a conclusive 3-0.
While Midlothian won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-14, 25-23.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Midlothian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Liliana Garay, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Garay has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Sheridan Riles, who had four digs and three aces.
Midlothian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 16 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Terrell came up short against Kaufman on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-19, 25-18.
Midlothian is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 33-7 record this season. As for Terrell, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-20.
Everything went Midlothian's way against Terrell in their previous meeting on October 4th, as Midlothian made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Midlothian since the squad 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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