West Salem has gone 10-0 against Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The West Salem Panthers will take on the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Red Hawks at 7:00 p.m. West Salem is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
West Salem is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Onalaska just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Hilltoppers by a score of 2-1. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Hilltoppers 25-21 in the first set.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets West Salem lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 14th straight loss. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wittenberg-Birnamwood.
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-9.
West Salem's defeat dropped their record down to 19-6. As for Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, their loss dropped their record down to 2-20.
Everything went West Salem's way against Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau in their previous meeting back in September, as West Salem made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Salem since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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