Volleyball Preview: Towanda Black Knights vs. Mountain View Eagles
Towanda is 4-0 against Mountain View since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Towanda Black Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountain View Eagles at 5:30 p.m.
Last Saturday, Towanda didn't have quite enough to beat Western Wayne and fell 1-0. The Black Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Towanda sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17.
Meanwhile, Mountain View entered their tilt with Susquehanna on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Everything went their way against the Sabers as they made off with a 3-0 victory. While the Eagles didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Mountain View was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-13, 25-8.
Mountain View's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ryleigh Kilmer, who had five aces, three digs, and three digs. The dominant performance gave Kilmer a new career-high in aces.
Mountain View was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in eight consecutive matches.
Towanda's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Mountain View, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
Towanda came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountain View when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will Towanda repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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