New Palestine has gone 7-1 against Greenwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The New Palestine Dragons will face off against the Greenwood Woodmen at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
New Palestine is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Mt. Vernon, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (New Palestine was ranked 22nd). New Palestine fell 3-1 to Mt. Vernon on Thursday. While the Dragons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Marauders 25-20 in the first set.
New Palestine started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Greenwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Southport.
While Greenwood was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Southport's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-14, 25-21.
New Palestine's defeat dropped their record down to 27-4. As for Greenwood, their loss dropped their record down to 4-24.
New Palestine was able to grind out a solid victory over Greenwood when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will New Palestine repeat their success, or does Greenwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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