On Friday, Palmer faced Lathrop in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Palmer Moose came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lathrop Malemutes , sneaking past 1-0. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Moose also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2023.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Palmer who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24.
Palmer couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 52.9% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 18.3% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 36.7%.
Palmer is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-15-2 record this season. As for Lathrop, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 30-4-1.
Palmer has already played their next match, a 1-0 win against Monroe Catholic on the 11th. As for Lathrop, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 1-0 victory against Grace Christian on the 11th.
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