Volleyball Preview: Pen Argyl Green Knights vs. Northwestern Lehigh Tigers
The Pen Argyl Green Knights will face off against the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Pen Argyl has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with 12 straight defeats, while Northwestern Lehigh will come in with four straight wins.
Pen Argyl lost 3-0 to Jim Thorpe on Thursday.
Pen Argyl was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh earned a 3-1 victory over Palmerton on Monday.
In the three sets Northwestern Lehigh was on fire: they won each by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 23-25, 25-10, 25-14.
Northwestern Lehigh's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Shannon Green, who had four digs, two kills, and two aces. That's the most aces Green has posted in her last four matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi George, who had 16 digs.
Northwestern Lehigh was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive matchups.
Pen Argyl's loss dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8.
Pen Argyl might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Northwestern Lehigh in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Pen Argyl avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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