On Saturday, Colony faced Palmer in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Colony Knights fell just short of the Palmer Moose by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Moose: they've now lost five in a row.
Palmer was led to victory by Taylor Rindal and Laekyn Leroux. Rindal had five aces and four digs, while Leroux had 11 digs. The dominant performance gave Rindal a new career-high in aces.
Colony now has a losing record at 13-14-2. As for Palmer, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-16-2 record this season.
Colony will venture away from home to challenge Palmer at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The last 11 games Palmer has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. They have already played their next matchup, a 2-1 win against Nikiski on the 12th.
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