New Prairie came tearing into Saturday's match with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Mishawaka Cavemen 2-1. The Cougars have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Cavemen, too.
New Prairie had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-17, 16-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Prairie to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josie Woodham, who had eight digs.
New Prairie has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Mishawaka, the loss snapped their winning streak at 18 games and leaves them with a 26-2 record.
New Prairie will square off against South Central at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Mishawaka, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Penn at 7:30 p.m. Penn is coming into the game with six straight wins at home, so Mishawaka will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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