Volleyball Game Preview: Newtown Pioneers vs. Forest Hills Rangers

The Newtown Pioneers will head out to challenge the Forest Hills Rangers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newtown has four straight wins, Forest Hills has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Friday, Newtown sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Bowne.

Meanwhile, Forest Hills didn't have quite enough to beat Metropolitan on Friday and fell 2-1.

Newtown's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Forest Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.

Newtown skirted past Forest Hills 2-1 when the teams last played on April 2nd. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pioneers since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.