The West Noble Chargers will square off against the Prairie Heights Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Noble has three straight wins, Prairie Heights has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
West Noble will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Wawasee, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. West Noble put the hurt on Wawasee with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Chargers have posted against the Warriors since October 2, 2018.
West Noble never let Wawasee on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-16.
West Noble can attribute much of their success to Darcy Ritchie, who had eight digs, and Alexis Deel, who had three digs.
West Noble was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Prairie Heights didn't have quite enough to beat Lakeland on Thursday and fell 3-2. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lakers 26-24 in the first set.
Prairie Heights started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 16-14.
West Noble has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Prairie Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 7-15.
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