Volleyball Preview: North Pocono Trojans vs. Valley View Cougars
After both having extra time off, the North Pocono Trojans and the Valley View Cougars will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
North Pocono is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Holy Redeemer just ended the team's 12-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Royals by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Royals: they've now lost eight in a row.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, North Pocono sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Valley View came up short against Scranton on Thursday, falling 3-0.
Valley View 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 25-17, 25-17, 25-22.
Having lost for the first time this season, North Pocono fell to 12-1. As for Valley View, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-11.
Everything went North Pocono's way against Valley View when the teams last played back in September, as North Pocono made off with a 3-0 victory. Will North Pocono repeat their success, or does Valley View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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