POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Pearl River had its moments Friday night but couldn't string enough points together to topple visiting Panola College, falling 3-0 (14-25 9-25, 13-25).

The Wildcats (5-6 overall) won't have much time to regroup as they'll tangle with Panola College (11-3) again Saturday at 1 p.m.

PRCC earned the match's first point courtesy of a Lashundria Chatman (Brandon) block at the middle of the net.

Isabella Thoennes (Kiln; Hancock) pushed PRCC's lead to 5-3 in the first set on a give-and-go kill and the Wildcats tacked on another point to go ahead 6-3. That's about where the Fillies made their run. The set was soon tied 7-7. Although PRCC went back ahead 8-7, Panola College used two three-point runs to jump ahead 13-9 and never looked back in the 25-14 set.

The Fillies carried over their momentum to the second set, taking the first seven points en route to a 25-9 win.

The Wildcats were the aggressors in the third set. Chatman and Thoennes teamed up for a big block on the left side to give PRCC a 3-2. Advantage early on. PRCC won the next point before Panola College went on another run, taking seven of eight points to go ahead 15-9. 

The visitors took nine of the final 12 points to claim the 25-13 advantage.

ANOTHER DOUBLEHEADER

The Wildcats and Fillies will play another back-to-back series Oct. 14 and 15 in Carthage, Texas.

HOW TO TUNE IN

All home events will be broadcast on PRCCAthletics.com and PRCCMedia.com. Anyone who has an Amazon Fire or Roku device can stream PRCC broadcasts by downloading the "Pearl River CC" Channel from the app store. 

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