Pasco hasn't had much luck against Hermiston recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. Pasco will square off against Hermiston at 7:00 p.m. Pasco will be strutting in after a victory while Hermiston will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with 11 losses in a row, Pasco turned things around against Sageview on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past the Lobos 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bulldogs have posted since September 9th.
Pasco had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Hermiston didn't have quite enough to beat Chiawana on Tuesday and fell 3-2. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Riverhawks 25-15 in the first set.
Hermiston wouldn't go down easily and took Chiawana into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-16, 25-18, 24-26, 15-13.
Hermiston now has a losing record of 8-9. As for Pasco, their victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 2-11.
Pasco might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Hermiston in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Can Pasco avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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