Penn waltzed into their contest on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They won by a set and slipped past the New Prairie Cougars 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Kingsmen also won the last time the pair played back in August.
Penn was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (107-102), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 20-25, 16-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Despite the loss, New Prairie had strong showings from Josie Woodham, who had 20 digs, and Randi Robakowski, who had nine digs.
Penn has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for New Prairie, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-10.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. After both having extra time off, Penn and Mishawaka will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for New Prairie, they will challenge La Porte at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. New Prairie is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
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