The NorthWood Panthers will face off against the Mt. Vernon Marauders at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, NorthWood was able to grind out a solid win over Wawasee, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-19, 21-25, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon came tearing into Thursday's matchup with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Dragons by a score of 3-1.
Mt. Vernon had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.
Mt. Vernon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aubry Dowling, who had 18 digs, and Makenna Thompson, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Thompson a new career-high in aces.
Mt. Vernon 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 five aces in 11 consecutive matches.
NorthWood has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 20-6 record this season. As for Mt. Vernon, they pushed their record up to 19-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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