The Jal Panthers will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Dora Coyotes at 4:30 p.m. Jal will be strutting in after a victory while Dora will be coming in after a defeat.
Jal will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Kermit, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Jal walked away with a 3-1 win over Kermit on Tuesday. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Jal had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Dora was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against Roy/Mosquero, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-11.
Jal pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Dora, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Jal's way against Dora when the teams last played back in August as Jal made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jal since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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