The Northwestern Tigers are on the road again on Saturday to play the Western Panthers at 12:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northwestern is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Peru. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Northwestern has posted since October 3rd.
Northwestern never let Peru on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-11, 25-22.
Northwestern was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last ten contests.
Meanwhile, Western narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Logansport 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-92) Western actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 27-25, 25-18, 10-25, 15-25, 15-13.
Northwestern's victory bumped their record up to 13-16. As for Western, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-17 record this season.
Northwestern beat Western 3-1 when the teams last played on October 1st. Will Northwestern repeat their success, or does Western have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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