The Johnston Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Westerly Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Johnston is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: West Warwick, who was ranked 14th at the time (Johnston was ranked 18th). The Panthers fell 3-1 to the Wizards on Monday. The Panthers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
While Johnston ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 20 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Westerly unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Central Falls by a score of 3-2. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 25-18 in the first set.
Westerly actually scored more points across those five sets (101-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-17, 25-23, 16-25, 15-11.
Johnston's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Westerly, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Johnston couldn't quite get it done against Westerly when the teams last played back in April as they fell 3-1. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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