If Excelsior Springs was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Raytown South last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Excelsior Springs Tigers fell just short of the Knob Noster Panthers by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2022.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Excelsior Springs sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 4-25, 15-9.
Excelsior Springs lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Maddie Breshears, who had nine digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Breshears a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Excelsior Springs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 13 aces in three consecutive matchups.
Excelsior Springs has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-19-1 record this season. As for Knob Noster, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-15-3.
Excelsior Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Knob Noster has already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Odessa on the 23rd.
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