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| 09/23/25 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 09/24/24 - Away | 3-1 W |
| 10/02/23 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 10/19/22 - Away | 3-2 W |
| 10/12/21 - Home | 3-2 W |
| + 5 more games |
Prior Lake and Shakopee are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shakopee took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Prior Lake, who comes in off a win.
Prior Lake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Lakeville North, who was ranked seventh at the time (Prior Lake was ranked 17th). The Lakers won by a set and slipped past the Panthers 3-2. Surprisingly, this marked the Lakers' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Prior Lake had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-17, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Shakopee unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-match winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Lakeville South.
Shakopee's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Prior Lake, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season.
Everything went Prior Lake's way against Shakopee in their previous matchup back in September, as Prior Lake made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Lakers repeat their success, or do the Sabers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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