Pender came into Thursday's game having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They won by a set and slipped past the Cedar Bluffs Wildcats 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Pendragons also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
Pender had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-11, 25-19.
Pender found their leader in underclassman Mattilyn Trimble, who had 16 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Trimble has posted in her last eight contests.
Pender's win bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Cedar Bluffs, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-10.
Pender didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat vs. Howells-Dodge on the 26th. Cedar Bluffs has also already played their next match, a 2-0 loss against Weeping Water on the 28th.
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