The Saint Mary's Panthers are on the road again on Monday to play the Albany Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Saint Mary's sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Granada.
Saint Mary's had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-23, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Albany waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Gauchos by a score of 2-0.
Albany easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-21.
Saint Mary's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Albany, their win bumped their record up to 17-12.
Saint Mary's came out on top in a nail-biter against Albany in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Saint Mary's since the team 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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