Volleyball Preview: Pine Grove Cardinals vs. Nativity BVM Green Wave
Pine Grove has been on the road for three straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will host the Nativity BVM Green Wave at 12:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Pine Grove narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Mahanoy Area 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Pine Grove who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 18-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Nativity BVM entered their tilt with Shenandoah Valley on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Blue Devils with a sharp 3-0 victory.
A big factor in the win was Nativity BVM's feisty defense: they held Shenandoah Valley to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-10, 25-6.
Morgan Howell and Amara Miller were among the main playmakers for Nativity BVM as the former had five aces and four digs and the latter had five digs. The dominant performance gave Howell a new career-high in aces.
Nativity BVM was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matchups.
Pine Grove's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Nativity BVM, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Pine Grove suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Nativity BVM when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Pine Grove have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other volleyball content.
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