Volleyball Game Preview: Midtown Takes on Pope

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 1:57am

Volleyball Preview: Midtown Knights vs. Pope Greyhounds

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The Midtown Knights will face off against the Pope Greyhounds at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Midtown comes in on nine and Pope on seven.

Last Thursday, Midtown was able to grind out a solid victory over Villa Rica, taking the game 2-0.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Midtown took both sets by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-11.

Meanwhile, Pope faced Woodstock in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Pope had just enough and edged Woodstock out 3-2.

Pope took Woodstock into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-16, 22-25, 26-28, 25-17, 15-8.

Midtown pushed their record up to 20-3 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Pope, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.

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