A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers faces off against the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Herscher will be strutting in after a win while Paxton-Buckley-Loda will be coming in after a defeat.
Herscher took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Lisle , sneaking past 2-1.
Herscher was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (70-60), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 10-25, 25-23, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Paxton-Buckley-Loda didn't have quite enough to beat Tolono Unity on Thursday and fell 2-1. The Panthers have struggled against the Rockets recently, as their game on Thursday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Paxton-Buckley-Loda sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-16.
Herscher's victory bumped their record up to 5-17. As for Paxton-Buckley-Loda, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
Herscher beat Paxton-Buckley-Loda 2-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Does Herscher have another victory up their sleeve, or will Paxton-Buckley-Loda turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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