Volleyball Preview: State College Little Lions vs. Altoona Mountain Lions
State College has been on the road for five straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. After both having extra time off, they and the Altoona Mountain Lions will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
State College is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Southern Lehigh, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (State College was ranked 11th). State College fell just short of Southern Lehigh by a score of 2-1 two weeks ago. While the Little Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 25-19 in the first set.
State College started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-16, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Altoona lost 3-0 to DuBois on Tuesday.
Altoona was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made DuBois work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 27-25, 25-23.
The losing side was boosted by Karinna Wolfe, who had ten digs and four aces. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times she's played.
State College has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-4-1 record this season. As for Altoona, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
State College was able to grind out a solid win over Altoona in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will State College repeat their success, or does Altoona have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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