The Saint Mary's Panthers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Berean Christian Eagles at 8:00 a.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Saint Mary's sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Benicia.
Saint Mary's was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next four for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 22-25, 25-17, 25-20, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Berean Christian waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Highlanders as they made off with a 3-0 win.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-21, 25-14.
Berean Christian 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 29 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Saint Mary's has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Berean Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Saint Mary's came up short against Berean Christian in their previous matchup on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Saint Mary's avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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