A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Loogootee Lions at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Evansville Reitz's way against Evansville Central as Evansville Reitz made off with a 3-0 victory.
The win didn't come easy: Evansville Central scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-16, 25-6.
Meanwhile, Loogootee had just enough and edged South Knox out 3-2 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-96) Loogootee actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 13-25, 16-14.
Evansville Reitz's record now sits at 15-11. As for Loogootee, their record is now 17-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's matchup: Evansville Reitz hasn't let much over the net this season, having averaged 6.1 blocks per game. It's a different story for Loogootee, though, as they've been averaging only 1.3. Given Evansville Reitz's sizable advantage in that area, Loogootee will need to find a way to close that gap. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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